mysql: mysql_variant=[oracle/mariadb]

mysql/defaults/main.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ log2mail_alert_email: Null
 general_scripts_dir: "/usr/local/bin"
 mysql_scripts_dir: Null
 
-mysql_use_mariadb: False
+mysql_variant: oracle
 
 mysql_replace_root_with_mysqladmin: True
 

mysql/tasks/packages.yml

@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 ---
 
-- name: Ensure MySQL (Oracle version) packages are installed
-  apt:
-    name: '{{ item }}'
-    state: installed
-  with_items:
-    - mysql-server
-  when: mysql_use_mariadb == False
-  tags:
-    - mysql
-    - packages
+- name: Choose packages (Oracle)
+  set_fact:
+    mysql_packages: "{{ mysql_packages_oracle }}"
+  when: mysql_variant == "oracle"
 
-- name: Ensure MySQL (MariaDB version) packages are installed
+- name: Choose packages (MariaDB)
+  set_fact:
+    mysql_packages: "{{ mysql_packages_mariadb }}"
+  when: mysql_variant == "mariadb"
+
+- name: Install packages
   apt:
     name: '{{ item }}'
+    update_cache: yes
     state: installed
-  with_items:
-    - mariadb-server-10.0
-  when: mysql_use_mariadb
+  with_items: "{{ mysql_packages }}"
   tags:
     - mysql
     - packages

mysql/tasks/users.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@
   tags:
     - mysql
 
+# Ansible 2.2 allows to create with ini_file
+# before: we have to create the file beforehand
+
+- name: touch /root/.my.cnf
+  file:
+    path: /root/.my.cnf
+    state: touch
+  changed_when: False
+  when: create_mysqladmin_user.changed
+  tags:
+  - mysql
+
 - name: mysqladmin is the default user
   ini_file:
     dest: /root/.my.cnf

mysql/vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mysql_packages_oracle:
+- mysql-server
+
+mysql_packages_mariadb:
+- mariadb-server-10.0