Ansible Role: ROS

Deploy ROS to an Ubuntu machine.

Requirements

The role configures package sources and installs packages. You need to run it with root privileges.

Role Variables

• ros_packages: A list of ros packages to install (sans the ros-dist- prefix).

Test Locally

Copy the ansible-role-ros to the user roles, otherwise the role won't be visible

cp ./ /home/$USER/.ansible/roles/ansible-role-ros -r

To setup a VM for each supported Ubuntu release with ros-base, run

vagrant up

The Vagrant configuration uses a simple example playbook, setting up ROS like

roles:
- { role: ansible-role-ros, ros_packages: ['ros-base', 'urdfdom-py'] }

Use in production

• Install from Ansible Galaxy.
• Remember that managed hosts need python-simplejson for playbook to work.
• Use the role like in the example playbook, but instead of ansible-role-ros, use pgorczak.ros.
• Make sure you have key-based access to a sudo user on the managed hosts.
• Tip: run ansible-playbook with -u USERNAME to specify the user and -K to allow it to ask for the sudo password.