Wildfly Install role

A role to automate the installation the Wildfly JEE server, including retrieving the source archive.

Requirements

Requirements on the target system are ensured by the role.

Role Defaults

Variable

Description

Default

wildfly_version

Wildfly version to install

27.0.0.Final

wildfly_archive_filename

Wildfly download archive name

wildfly-{{ wildfly_version }}.zip

wildfly_download_baseurl

Base URL for wildfly download

https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly/releases/download

wildfly_install_workdir

TODO document argument

/opt/wildfly/

wildfly_home

Wildfly installation directory

{{ wildfly_install_workdir }}wildfly-{{ wildfly_version }}/

wildfly_install_download_url

Wildfly download URL

{{ wildfly_download_baseurl }}/{{ wildfly_version }}/{{ wildfly_archive_filename }}

wildfly_archive_dir

Target download directory

{{ wildfly_install_workdir }}

wildfly_config_base

wildfly standalone.xml filename override

standalone.xml

wildfly_user

posix user account for wildfly

wildfly

wildfly_group

posix group for wildfly

{{ wildfly_user }}

wildfly_java_package_name

RHEL java rpm package

java-11-openjdk

wildfly_offline_install

Whether to install from local archive

False

Role Variables

  • No required variables

Dependencies

Example Playbooks

Default Install

Installs the default version of Wildfly to the default location with the default user.

---
- name: "Installation and configuration"
  hosts: "{{ hosts_group_name | default('localhost') }}"
  collections:
    - middleware_automation.wildfly
  roles:
    - wildfly_install

Explicit Location and Version

Older Wildfly versions can be download from outside Github.

---
- name: "Installation and configuration"
  hosts: "{{ hosts_group_name | default('localhost') }}"
  vars:
    wildfly_version: '24.0.1.Final'
    wildfly_download_baseurl: "https://download.jboss.org/wildfly"
  collections:
    - middleware_automation.wildfly
  roles:
    - wildfly_install

License

GPL2

Author Information