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ansible.cfg

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 #squash_actions = apk, apt, dnf, homebrew, openbsd_pkg, pacman, pkgng, yum, zypper, package
 [defaults]
 interpreter_python=/usr/local/ansible/bin/python3
+collections_path=/usr/local/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/

scripts/ansible

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 APT_PATH=/usr/bin     # Avoids problematic /usr/local/bin/apt on Linux Mint
 CURR_VER=undefined    # Ansible version you have installed, e.g. [core 2.18.2]
 GOOD_VER=2.18.2       # Orig for 'yum install [rpm]' & XO laptops (pip install)
+CWD=$(pwd)
 
 # 2021-06-22: The apt approach (with PPA source in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and
 # .gpg key etc) are commented out with ### below.  Associated guidance/comments
@@ -221,6 +222,15 @@ if [[ $(dpkg --print-architecture) == "i386" ]] && apt-cache show ansible-core >
     # 2023-08-10 #3613/#3615/#3617: apt-not-pip kludge for legacy 32-bit i386
     # (DEBIAN 12+ ETC) avoids #3547 rust/wheels/cryptography compiling mess!
     $APT_PATH/apt -y install ansible-core    # Bookworm ~= ansible-core 2.14.3
+    echo -e "\n\nIIAB requires these ~4 Ansible Collections: (we upgrade them here if possible!)\n"
+    ansible-galaxy collection install --force-with-deps \
+               -r /opt/iiab/iiab/collections.yml \
+               -p /usr/share/ansible/collections
+# 2021-02-24: 'ansible-galaxy collection list' lists those installed. (#2659)
+# 2020-11-28: The ~3 Ansible Collections used by IIAB (~37MB) once lived here:
+#    /root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
+# But going forward they'll be stored herein: [~24MB for 4 Collections as of 2021-05-19]
+#    /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections
 else
     # 2023-03-22: OS's like Ubuntu 23.04 and Debian 12 (e.g. with Python 3.11+) ask
     # that virtual environments (venv) be used to safely isolate pip installs:
@@ -285,21 +295,22 @@ EOF
     for bin in ansible*; do
 	ln -sf /usr/local/ansible/bin/"$bin" /usr/local/bin/"$bin"
     done
-fi
 
 # (Re)running collection installs appears safe, with --force-with-deps to force
 # upgrade of collection and dependencies it pulls in.  Note Ansible may support
 # explicit upgrading of collections (--upgrade / -U flag) in version "2.11"
 # with PR ansible/ansible#73336.  See also IIAB PRs #2647 #2652 #2653 #2655.
-echo -e "\n\nIIAB requires these ~4 Ansible Collections: (we upgrade them here if possible!)\n"
-ansible-galaxy collection install --force-with-deps \
-               -r /opt/iiab/iiab/collections.yml \
-               -p /usr/share/ansible/collections
-# 2021-02-24: 'ansible-galaxy collection list' lists those installed. (#2659)
-# 2020-11-28: The ~3 Ansible Collections used by IIAB (~37MB) once lived here:
-#    /root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
-# But going forward they'll be stored herein: [~24MB for 4 Collections as of 2021-05-19]
-#    /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections
+    echo "start is $CWD"
+    echo "current is $(pwd)"
+    echo -e "\n\nIIAB requires these ~4 Ansible Collections: (we upgrade them here if possible!)\n"
+    cp $CWD/collections.yml /usr/local/ansible/
+    cd /usr/local/ansible/
+    . bin/activate
+    bin/ansible-galaxy collection install --force-with-deps -r collections.yml -p collections
+    deactivate
+fi
+# But going forward they'll be stored herein: [~24MB for 4 Collections as of 2025-02-18]
+#    /usr/local/ansible/collections/ansible_collections
 
 # 2021-04-19: No longer needed, per PR #2743 testing
 #echo -e "\n\nCreating/verifying directory /etc/ansible & installing /etc/ansible/hosts\n"
@@ -309,6 +320,7 @@ ansible-galaxy collection install --force-with-deps \
 echo -e "\n\nSUCCESS!  PLEASE VERIFY ANSIBLE WITH COMMANDS LIKE:\n"
 echo -e "    ansible --version"
 echo -e "    /usr/local/ansible/bin/pip3 show ansible-core"
+echo -e "    /usr/local/ansible/bin/ansible-galaxy collection list\n\n"
 echo -e '    apt -a list "ansible*"'
 echo -e "    ansible-galaxy collection list\n\n"
 #echo -e "WARNING: Start a new Linux shell, if it changed from /usr/bin to /usr/local/bin\n\n"