How to install Zoom flatpak in Debian-like systems with Ansible?
I'm going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.
I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot.
Ansible install Zoom flatpak in Debian-like systems
community.general.flatpak
- Manage flatpaks
Today we are going to talk about the Ansible module flatpak.
The full name is community.general.flatpak, it's part of community.general modules maintained by the Ansible Community.
The purpose of the flatpak module is to Manage flatpaks in the target system.
Parameters
- name _string_ - flatpak name
- state _string_ - present/absent
- method _string_ - system/user
- remote _string_ - flathub
- no_dependencies _string_ - no/yes
- executable _string_ - flatpak
Let me summarize the parameters of flatpak module.
The only required is "name", where you specify the flatpak name to install or remove.
The parameter "state" specifies if you would like to perform the install action ("present" option) or the remove action ("absent" option).
The parameter "method" specifies if you would like to install the flatpak system-wide (default) or only for the current user.
The following parameters are more for advanced users.
For example specify a different source with remote parameter other than the default "flathub"; not install the dependency "no_dependencies" parameter or if the executable is different than the usual flatpak.
Links
- [Flatpak technology](https://flatpak.org/)
- [Zoom flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/us.zoom.Zoom)
## Playbook
How to install Zoom flatpak in Debian-like systems with Ansible Playbook.
code
``yaml
---
- name: flatpak module Playbook
hosts: all
become: true
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: flatpak present
ansible.builtin.apt:
name: flatpak
state: present
- name: flathub flatpak repo
community.general.flatpak_remote:
name: flathub
state: present
flatpakrepo_url: https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
method: system
- name: install Zoom via flatpak
community.general.flatpak:
name: us.zoom.Zoom
state: present
method: system
`
execution
``bash
ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/ubuntu2110desktop/inventory container/flatpak_debian.yml
PLAY [flatpak module Playbook] **
TASK [flatpak presen