This might be interesting for large projects.

On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 3:37:34 AM UTC+5, knowshan wrote:
>
>
> I am looking for suggestions for implementing Ansible pull model. The pull 
> mode is essential for bootstrapping new systems and auto-scaling not 
> launched by Ansible. 
>
> I've looked at ansible-pull command, but it downloads entire Git 
> repository before running a playbook. This may not be an ideal option for 
> following reasons:
>  * Inefficient as repository size increases
>  * Exposes entire repository all nodes and not just the config needed by a 
> particular node
>
>
> I’ve hacked together following four lines to glue requirements, playbook 
> with a application. The application/node/system gets role requirements 
> first and then runs a playbook which uses those roles. In most cases, 
> playbook includes only a list of roles. It works fine, however, it hasn’t 
> considered various conditions yet.
>
> curl --silent -o requirements.yml "
> https://repository/browse/applications/$app/$tier/requirements.yml";
> curl --silent -o playbook.yml "
> https://repository/browse/applications/$app/$tier/playbook.yml";
> ansible-galaxy -vvv install requirements.yml
> ansible-playbook -vvv playbook.yml
>
>
> I was wondering if anyone has other ideas or workflows or (free) tool 
> suggestions for using Ansible in pull mode.
>
> --
> Shantanu
>

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