build codam-web-greeter locally

instead of using pre-built releases. This makes it easier for campuses to customize codam-web-greeter.

Author: FreekBes

defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 ---
 nody_greeter_version: "1.5.2"
 
-# Specify where to download the codam-web-greeter from and which release
+# Specify where to download the codam-web-greeter from and which release to use.
+# Fork the codam-web-greeter repository and point this URL to your fork if you need to use a custom version.
 codam_web_greeter_git_repo: "https://github.com/codam-coding-college/codam-web-greeter"
 codam_web_greeter_version: "1.0.10"
-codam_web_greeter_release_zip_filename: "codam-web-greeter.zip"
+
+# Specify the url to fetch configuration data from. Hostname is appended to the url, so make sure it ends with a slash.
+codam_web_greeter_data_server_url: "https://clusterdata.codam.nl/api/config/"
 
 # Define whether or not to check if the user is in a specific group when caching their user data with dbus
 dbus_cache_group_check_enabled: false

tasks/init.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     - lightdm
     - light-locker
     - xprintidle
+  # Assume nodejs and npm are already installed
 
 - name: Download nody-greeter deb
   tags: [codam.webgreeter, codam.webgreeter.init]

tasks/install.yml

@@ -17,25 +17,33 @@
     group: root
     mode: '0755'
 
-- name: Install codam-web-greeter
+- name: Clone codam-web-greeter git
   tags: [codam.webgreeter, codam.webgreeter.install]
-  become: true
-  unarchive:
-    src: "{{ codam_web_greeter_git_repo }}/releases/download/{{ codam_web_greeter_version }}/{{ codam_web_greeter_release_zip_filename }}"
-    remote_src: true
-    dest: /usr/share/web-greeter/themes/codam
-    creates: /usr/share/web-greeter/themes/codam/package.json
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    # no mode, zip file has its own permissions
+  git:
+    repo: "{{ codam_web_greeter_git_repo }}"
+    dest: /tmp/codam-web-greeter
+    version: "{{ codam_web_greeter_version }}"
+
+- name: Set data-server-url
+  tags: [codam.webgreeter, codam.webgreeter.install]
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /tmp/codam-web-greeter/static/settings.ini
+    line: "data-server-url={{ codam_web_greeter_data_server_url }}"
+    state: present
+    regexp: '^data-server-url='
 
-- name: Install codam-web-greeter systemd services
+- name: Build codam-web-greeter
+  tags: [codam.webgreeter, codam.webgreeter.install]
+  make:
+    chdir: /tmp/codam-web-greeter
+    target: build
+
+- name: Install codam-web-greeter
   tags: [codam.webgreeter, codam.webgreeter.install]
   become: true
-  shell:
-    cmd: "bash install.sh"
-    executable: /bin/bash
-    chdir: /usr/share/web-greeter/themes/codam/systemd
+  make:
+    chdir: /tmp/codam-web-greeter
+    target: install
 
 - name: Fetch initial codam-web-greeter data.json from server
   tags: [codam.webgreeter, codam.webgreeter.install]