ansible-role-github_cli

Installs the github cli on Linux systems

Dependencies

Roles

None

Collections

• ansible.posix

Platforms

Supported platforms

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10¹
• RockyLinux 8
• RockyLinux 9
• RockyLinux 10
• OracleLinux 8
• OracleLinux 9
• OracleLinux 10
• AlmaLinux 8
• AlmaLinux 9
• AlmaLinux 10
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian 13 (Trixie)
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Fedora 42
• Fedora 43

Note: ¹ : no automated testing is performed on these platforms

Role Variables

defaults/main.yml

# Github CLI - API
github_cli_api: https://api.github.com/repos/cli/cli

# Github CLI - repo
github_cli_repo: https://github.com/cli/cli

# Lookup table for architecture
github_cli:
  architecture:
    x86: 386
    x86_64: amd64
  system:
    Linux: linux
    Darwin: MacOS
    windows: windows

# Should the cli be downloaded
github_cli_download: true

# Version of the CLI to install
github_cli_version: latest

# Location/ownership/permissions of the binary
github_cli_path: /usr/bin/gh
github_cli_owner: root
github_cli_group: root
github_cli_mode: '0755'

vars/main.yml

github_cli:
  architecture:
    x86: 386
    x86_64: amd64
  system:
    Linux: linux
    Darwin: MacOS
    windows: windows

Example Playbook

molecule/default/converge.yml

- name: sample playbook for role 'github_cli'
  hosts: all
  become: 'yes'
  tasks:
    - name: Include role 'github_cli'
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: github_cli