How to Install Spotify snap on 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 installs Spotify snap on Debian-like systems
community.general.snap- Manages snaps
Today we are going to talk about the Ansible module snap.
The full name is community.general.snap, it’s part of community.general modules maintained by the Ansible Community.
The purpose of the snap module is to Manage snaps in the target system.
Parameters
- name string - snap name
- state string - present/absent
- channel string - “stable”
- classic boolean - no/yes
Let me summarize the parameters of snap module.
The only required is “name”, where you specify the snap 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 “channel” specifies which channel to use, default the “stable” channel.
The parameter “classic” allows the confinement allows a snap to have the same level of access to the system as “classic” packages.
Links
Playbook
code
---
- name: snap module Playbook
hosts: all
become: true
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: snapd present
ansible.builtin.apt:
name: snapd
state: present
- name: install Spotify via snap
community.general.snap:
name: spotify
state: present
execution
ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/ubuntu2110desktop/inventory container/snap_debian.yml
PLAY [snap module Playbook] ***************************************************************************
TASK [snapd present] ******************************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu2110.example.com]
TASK [install Spotify via snap] *******************************************************************
changed: [ubuntu2110.example.com]
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
ubuntu2110.example.com : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
ansible-pilot $
idempotency
ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/ubuntu2110desktop/inventory container/snap_debian.yml
PLAY [snap module Playbook] ***************************************************************************
TASK [snapd present] ******************************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu2110.example.com]
TASK [install Spotify via snap] *******************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu2110.example.com]
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
ubuntu2110.example.com : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
ansible-pilot $
before execution
ansible-pilot $ ssh [email protected]
Welcome to Ubuntu 21.10 (GNU/Linux 5.13.0-30-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
0 updates can be applied immediately.
Last login: Thu Mar 3 07:06:34 2022 from 192.168.0.59
$ snap --version
snap 2.54.3.2
snapd 2.54.3.2
series 16
ubuntu 21.10
kernel 5.13.0-30-generic
$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
bare 1.0 5 latest/stable canonical✓ base
core 16-2.54.3 12725 latest/stable canonical✓ core
core20 20220215 1361 latest/stable canonical✓ base
firefox 97.0.1-1 1025 latest/stable/… mozilla✓ -
gnome-3-38-2004 0+git.1f9014a 99 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-59-g7bca6ae 1519 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 3.38.0-66-gbd5b8f7 558 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
$
after execution
ansible-pilot $ ssh [email protected]
Welcome to Ubuntu 21.10 (GNU/Linux 5.13.0-30-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
0 updates can be applied immediately.
Last login: Thu Mar 3 08:36:22 2022 from 192.168.0.59
$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
bare 1.0 5 latest/stable canonical✓ base
core 16-2.54.3 12725 latest/stable canonical✓ core
core18 20211215 2284 latest/stable canonical✓ base
core20 20220215 1361 latest/stable canonical✓ base
firefox 97.0.1-1 1025 latest/stable/… mozilla✓ -
gnome-3-28-1804 3.28.0-19-g98f9e67.98f9e67 161 latest/stable canonical✓ -
gnome-3-38-2004 0+git.1f9014a 99 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-59-g7bca6ae 1519 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 3.38.0-66-gbd5b8f7 558 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
spotify 1.1.77.643.g3c4c6fc6 57 latest/stable spotify✓ -
$
Conclusion
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