Printing

This role downloads and installs the ETH printing tool.

General

This role consists of six main steps:

install-printing-tools.yml

• Checking if the ETH printing tool is installed

- name: Check if ethz-cups-config-app-amd64 is installed
  command: dpkg-query -W ethz-cups-config-app
  register: ethz_cups_config_app_check_deb
  failed_when: ethz_cups_config_app_check_deb.rc > 1
  changed_when: ethz_cups_config_app_check_deb.rc == 1

• Downloading ETH printing tool

- name: Download ETH printing tool
  get_url:
    url: "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ethz/xUbuntu_22.04/amd64/ethz-cups-config-app_1.0.2-1_amd64.deb"
    dest: /tmp/ethz-cups-config-app.deb
  become: true
  when: ethz_cups_config_app_check_deb.rc == 1

• Installing ETH printing tool

- name: Install ETH printing tool
  apt: deb=/tmp/ethz-cups-config-app.deb
  become: true
  when: ethz_cups_config_app_check_deb.rc == 1

lpadmin-management.yml

• Configuring lpadmin-group

Dependencies

Role Dependencies

jammy_gnome

Package Dependencies

none

Role Variables

Name	Type	Default value	Purpose	Comment	Role
printing_conf	Boolean	false	If set to true in the inventory file, the ETH printing tool will be installed and the lpadmin-group will be configured.	-	jammy_printing

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: username.rolename, x: 42 }

License

BSD

Author Information

Maintainer: Raffael Nussbaumer

Support-Contact: s4d-linux-support@id.ethz.ch