Move VirtualBox-related stuff to its own role.

playbook-provision.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     - 'rust'
     - 'syncthing'
     - 'tailscale'
+    - 'virtualbox'
     - 'webserver'
   vars:
     webserver__vhosts_cleanup: '{{ cli__website_cleanup | default(False) }}'

roles/development/defaults/main.yml

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ development__obsidian_version: '1.4.16'
 development__projects_folder: 'Shed'
 development__run_gui_tasks: false
 development__update_dotfiles: false
-development__virtualbox_version: '7.0'
 
 
 # The following variables will have host-specific and/or sensitive

roles/development/tasks/main.yml

@@ -113,8 +113,5 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 'gui.yml'
   when: development__run_gui_tasks | bool
 
-- name: 'Include VirtualBox installation tasks'
-  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 'virtualbox.yml'
-
 - name: 'Include Open VM Tools installation tasks'
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 'open-vm-tools.yml'

roles/virtualbox/defaults/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file was written by Damien Dart, <[email protected]>. This is
+# free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. For
+# more information, please refer to the accompanying "UNLICENCE" file.
+
+---
+virtualbox__vboxusers_users: []
+virtualbox__virtualbox_version: '7.0'

roles/development/handlers/main.yml → roles/virtualbox/handlers/main.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@
 - name: 'Notify user about "vboxusers" group membership update'
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
-      If the administrator user is currently logged in, you will need to
-      log out and log back in for the "vboxusers" group membership to
-      take effect.
+      If any users are currently logged in, you will need to log out and
+      log back in for the "vboxusers" group membership to take effect.

roles/virtualbox/meta/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This file was written by Damien Dart, <[email protected]>. This is
+# free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. For
+# more information, please refer to the accompanying "UNLICENCE" file.
+
+---
+dependencies: []

roles/virtualbox/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Installs VirtualBox.
+#
+# This file was written by Damien Dart, <[email protected]>. This is
+# free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. For
+# more information, please refer to the accompanying "UNLICENCE" file.
+
+---
+- name: 'Ensure the VirtualBox package signing key is present for APT'
+  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
+    state: 'present'
+    url: 'https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc'
+
+- name: 'Ensure the VirtualBox repository is present in APT sources list'
+  ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
+    repo: 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }} contrib'
+    state: 'present'
+
+- name: 'Ensure VirtualBox is installed'
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    force_apt_get: true
+    name: 'virtualbox-{{ virtualbox__virtualbox_version }}'
+    state: 'present'
+
+# To access USB devices from VirtualBox guests, the host user must
+# be a member of the "vboxusers" group. For more information, see
+# <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#install-linux-vboxusers>.
+- name: 'Ensure specified users have access to USB devices in VirtualBox'
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: '{{ item }}'
+    groups: 'vboxusers'
+    append: true
+  loop: '{{ [virtualbox__vboxusers_users] | flatten }}'
+  notify: 'Notify user about "vboxusers" group membership update'