diff --git a/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support b/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support index 7a7d70063..784327d31 100755 --- a/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support +++ b/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ # "AUGUST 2018 - AUGUST 2021" Technical Recap at the top of: # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml +DEBUG=false # Using /usr/bin/true or /usr/bin/false PLAYBOOK="install-support.yml" INVENTORY="ansible_hosts" -DEBUG=false # Using /usr/bin/true or /usr/bin/false # 2021-08-18: bash scripts using default_vars.yml &/or local_vars.yml # https://github.com/iiab/iiab-factory/blob/master/iiab#L79-L97 @@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ DEBUG=false # Using /usr/bin/true or /usr/bin/false # (4) sed: Strip any outer spacing. # (5) sed: Strip up-to-1 pair of matching outer quotes. -# /etc/openvpn/scripts/announcer ALSO GOES ONE STEP FURTHER THAN ANSIBLE: +# 'announcer' (from openvpn/templates) ALSO GOES ONE STEP FURTHER THAN ANSIBLE: # (6) Convert remaining spaces to underscores. -# Steps (1) and (2) are not applicable with live/keyboard input. -# Steps (3), (4) and (5) are optional with live/keyboard input (we do it!) -# Step (6) is always required for OpenVPN here (file or live/keyboard input!) +# Steps (1) and (2) are Not Applicable with live/keyboard input. +# Steps (3), (4) and (5) are Optional with live/keyboard input (here we do it!) +# Step (6) is always required for OpenVPN here (file input or live/keyboard!) # NOTE Ansible vars can have non-string value null. This is different from # undefined -- from Ansible's perspective -- SEE /opt/iiab/iiab/test.yml # BUT HERE IN BASH, we focus only on string values e.g. "" empty string if nec: # (a) WITH INPUT, we choose to ignore lines like "^var:$" that lack whitespace. -# Ansible would have assigned the null value. We do not. +# Ansible would have assigned the null value. We do not. We force "" # (b) INPUT LINES "^var:\s\+$" (trailing whitespace) we force to empty string. -# Ansible would have assigned the null value. We do not. +# Ansible would have assigned the null value. We do not. We force "" # (c) WITH *OUTPUT* we aggressively overwrite null var lines, including both # "^var:$" (no trailing whitespace) and "^var:\s\+$" (trailing whitespace).