wildfly install role

A role to automate the download and installation of the Wildfly JEE server.

Requirements

Requirements on the target system are ensured by the role.

Role Defaults

Variable	Description	Default
`wildfly_version`	Wildfly version to install	`34.0.0.Final`
`wildfly_archive_filename`	Wildfly download archive name	`wildfly-{{ wildfly_version }}.zip`
`wildfly_download_baseurl`	Base URL for wildfly download	`https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly/releases/download`
`wildfly_install_workdir`	Wildfly installation directory (where the server files are unzipped)	`/opt/wildfly/`
`wildfly_home`	Wildfly installation directory (WILDFLY_HOME)	`{{ wildfly_install_workdir }}wildfly-{{ wildfly_version }}/`
`wildfly_install_download_url`	Wildfly download URL	`{{ wildfly_download_baseurl }}/{{ wildfly_version }}/{{ wildfly_archive_filename }}`
`wildfly_archive_dir`	Target download directory	`{{ wildfly_install_workdir }}`
`wildfly_config_base`	Base standalone.xml config for instance	`standalone.xml` unless `wildfly_config_custom_file` is used
`wildfly_config_custom_file`	Custom standalone.xml config to be copied to target instance and used as base	`''`
`wildfly_user`	posix user account for wildfly	`wildfly`
`wildfly_group`	posix group for wildfly	`{{ wildfly_user }}`
`wildfly_java_package_name`	RHEL java rpm package	`java-11-openjdk-headless`
`wildfly_offline_install`	Whether to install from local archive	`False`

Role Variables

No required variables

Example Playbooks

Default Install

Installs the default version of Wildfly to the default location with the default user.

---
- name: "Installation and configuration"
  hosts: "{{ hosts_group_name | default('localhost') }}"
  collections:
    - middleware_automation.wildfly
  roles:
    - wildfly_install

Explicit Location and Version

Older Wildfly versions can be download from outside Github.

---
- name: "Installation and configuration"
  hosts: "{{ hosts_group_name | default('localhost') }}"
  vars:
    wildfly_version: '24.0.1.Final'
    wildfly_download_baseurl: "https://download.jboss.org/wildfly"
  collections:
    - middleware_automation.wildfly
  roles:
    - wildfly_install

License

GPL2

Author Information

Romain Pelisse