Ansible script for installing Open vSwitch with VXLAN enabled

ovs.yml

---

- hosts: localhost
  user: root
  name: Install Open vSwitch
  tasks:

  - name: update apt
    apt: upgrade=dist

  - shell: uname -r
    register: linux_version

  - name: install dependencies
    apt:
      name: "{{ item }}"
      update_cache: true
      state: present
    with_items:
      - git
      - automake
      - autoconf
      - gcc
      - uml-utilities
      - libtool
      - build-essential
      - git
      - pkg-config
      - "linux-headers-{{ linux_version.stdout }}"
      - iperf
      - screen
      - python-pip
      - htop

  - file:
      path: /root/ovs
      state: directory

  - name: download source
    get_url:
      url: https://www.openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-2.11.0.tar.gz
      dest: /root/ovs/

  - name: unarchive
    unarchive:
      src: /root/ovs/openvswitch-2.11.0.tar.gz
      dest: /root/ovs/

  - name: boot
    shell: ./boot.sh
    args:
      chdir: /root/ovs/openvswitch-2.11.0

  - name: configure ovs
    shell: "./configure --with-linux=/lib/modules/{{ linux_version.stdout }}/build"
    args:
      chdir: "/root/ovs/openvswitch-2.11.0"

  - name: make
    make:
      chdir: /root/ovs/openvswitch-2.11.0

  - name: make install
    make:
      chdir: /root/ovs/openvswitch-2.11.0
      target: install

  - name: make install mods
    make:
      chdir: /root/ovs/openvswitch-2.11.0
      target: modules_install

  - name: modprobe
    modprobe:
      name: openvswitch

  - file:
      path: /usr/local/etc/openvswitch
      state: directory

  - name: create DB
    shell: ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema
    args:
      chdir: /root/ovs/openvswitch-2.11.0

  - file:
      path: /usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/
      state: directory

  - name: execute OVS DB
    shell: screen -d -m bash -c 'ovsdb-server -v --log-file --pidfile --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock'

  - name: execute OVS Daemon
    shell: screen -d -m bash -c 'ovs-vswitchd --pidfile'