| commit | author | age | ||
| bf37eb | 1 | # Ansible Role: Java |
| EL | 2 | |
| 3 | [](https://travis-ci.org/geerlingguy/ansible-role-java) | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | Installs Java for RedHat/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu linux servers. | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ## Requirements | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | None. | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ## Role Variables | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | Available variables are listed below, along with default values: | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | # The defaults provided by this role are specific to each distribution. | |
| 16 | java_packages: | |
| 17 | - java-1.7.0-openjdk | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | Set the version/development kit of Java to install, along with any other necessary Java packages. Some other options include are included in the distribution-specific files in this role's 'defaults' folder. | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | java_home: "" | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | If set, the role will set the global environment variable `JAVA_HOME` to this value. | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | ## Dependencies | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | None. | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | ## Example Playbook (using default package, usually OpenJDK 7) | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | - hosts: servers | |
| 32 | roles: | |
| 33 | - geerlingguy.java | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | ## Example Playbook (install OpenJDK 8) | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | For RHEL / CentOS: | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | - hosts: server | |
| 40 | roles: | |
| 41 | - role: geerlingguy.java | |
| 42 | when: "ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'" | |
| 43 | java_packages: | |
| 44 | - java-1.8.0-openjdk | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | For Ubuntu < 16.04: | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | - hosts: server | |
| 49 | tasks: | |
| 50 | - name: installing repo for Java 8 in Ubuntu | |
| 51 | apt_repository: repo='ppa:openjdk-r/ppa' | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | - hosts: server | |
| 54 | roles: | |
| 55 | - role: geerlingguy.java | |
| 56 | when: "ansible_os_family == 'Debian'" | |
| 57 | java_packages: | |
| 58 | - openjdk-8-jdk | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | ## License | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | MIT / BSD | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | ## Author Information | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | This role was created in 2014 by [Jeff Geerling](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/), author of [Ansible for DevOps](https://www.ansiblefordevops.com/). | |
