feat: add Ansible support and improve inventory

- Added a new Python script to dynamically handle Ansible playbook executions with password prompts.
- Enhanced `inventory.yml` by defining explicit `ansible_name` and `ansible_host` for each host to improve manageability.
- Introduced `.gitignore` to omit `venv/` and `.vscode/` directories from version control, ensuring a cleaner repository.
- Updated `apt.yml` playbook to unify update and upgrade tasks, using `ansible.builtin.apt`.
- Created `requirements.txt` to manage Python dependencies, including `ansible`, `ansible-lint`, and `pyyaml`.

These changes streamline the management of Ansible hosts and execution of playbooks, aligning with best practices for ongoing development.

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+venv/
+.vscode/

inventory.yml

@@ -3,12 +3,54 @@ all:
   children:
     debian:
       hosts:
-        lardlad:
+        burns:
+          ansible_name: burns
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.1
         selma:
-        edna:
+          ansible_name: selma
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.3
+        lardlad:
+          ansible_name: lardlad
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.4
+        lance:
+          ansible_name: lance
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.5
         chimpman:
+          ansible_name: chimpman
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.6
+        edna:
+          ansible_name: edna
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.7
+        nelson:
+          ansible_name: nelson
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.8
+        hannah:
+          ansible_name: hannah
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.9
+        marge:
+          ansible_name: marge
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.10
+        andy:
+          ansible_name: andy
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.11
+        herman:
+          ansible_name: herman
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.12
         frink:
+          ansible_name: frink
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.13
         homer:
-        zwergente:
+          ansible_name: homer
+          ansible_host: 10.123.1.14
         smaragdente:
+          ansible_name: smaragdente
+          ansible_host: 10.123.2.1
+        zwergente:
+          ansible_name: zwergente
+          ansible_host: 10.123.2.2
         pekingente:
+          ansible_name: pekingente
+          ansible_host: 10.123.2.3
+        stockente:
+          ansible_name: stockente
+          ansible_host: 10.123.2.4

playbook.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import yaml
+import subprocess
+import json
+from getpass import getpass
+import argparse
+
+
+def parse_arguments():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Ansible-playbook wrapper for dynamic password input."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("playbook", help="The path to the Ansible playbook.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-i",
+        "--inventory",
+        default="inventory.yml",
+        help="The path to the inventory file.",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def load_playbook_targets(playbook_path):
+    # Load the playbook YAML and extract the hosts
+    with open(playbook_path, "r") as f:
+        playbook_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+
+    return playbook_data[0].get("hosts", [])
+
+
+def fetch_inventory(inventory_path):
+    inventory_json = subprocess.check_output(
+        ["ansible-inventory", "-i", inventory_path, "--list"]
+    )
+    return json.loads(inventory_json)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_arguments()
+    playbook_targets = load_playbook_targets(args.playbook)
+    inventory = fetch_inventory(args.inventory)
+
+    # Determine targeted hosts
+    targeted_hosts = set()
+
+    if isinstance(playbook_targets, str):
+        if playbook_targets in inventory:
+            targeted_hosts.update(inventory[playbook_targets]["hosts"])
+        elif playbook_targets == "all":
+            targeted_hosts.update(inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"].keys())
+    elif isinstance(playbook_targets, list):
+        targeted_hosts.update(playbook_targets)
+
+    # Validate targeted hosts against inventory
+    valid_hosts = set(inventory["_meta"]["hostvars"].keys())
+    targeted_hosts.intersection_update(valid_hosts)
+
+    # Process each targeted host
+    for host in targeted_hosts:
+        print(f"Processing host: {host}")
+        become_pass = getpass(f"Enter become password for {host}: ")
+
+        # Execute Ansible playbook for each host
+        subprocess.run(
+            [
+                "ansible-playbook",
+                "-i",
+                args.inventory,
+                "--limit",
+                host,
+                args.playbook,
+                "--extra-vars",
+                f"ansible_become_pass={become_pass}",
+            ]
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

playbooks/apt.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: Update and upgrade all Debian hosts
   hosts: debian
-  become: yes
+  become: true
-  tasks:
-    - name: Update apt cache
-      apt:
-        update_cache: yes
 
-    - name: Upgrade all packages
+  tasks:
-      apt:
+    - name: Apt update and upgrade
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        update_cache: true
         upgrade: dist

requirements.txt

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+ansible
+ansible-lint
+pyyaml