Holiday Themed Ansible Cows

.ansible.cfg

[defaults]
cow_selection = random
cow_whitelist = ansible_lights,ansible_reindeer,ansible_tree

ansible_holiday_cowsay.yml

- name: "Install Ansible Holiday Themed Cows"
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: true

  vars:
    barn: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/.cowsay"
    pasture_cfg: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/.bashrc"
    ansible_cfg: 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jlaska/14bc829af01526add07efcaa83582aaf/raw/313ec9e621f0122c2b9b7721b2b566a0313eb350/.ansible.cfg'
    cow_breeds:
        - 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jlaska/14bc829af01526add07efcaa83582aaf/raw/bba72b3333bd2196af2175ae84918d5833d18b02/ansible_lights.cow'
        - 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jlaska/14bc829af01526add07efcaa83582aaf/raw/bba72b3333bd2196af2175ae84918d5833d18b02/ansible_reindeer.cow'
        - 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jlaska/14bc829af01526add07efcaa83582aaf/raw/bba72b3333bd2196af2175ae84918d5833d18b02/ansible_tree.cow'
      
  tasks: 
      - name: 'Build the barn for the cows'
        file:
            state: 'directory'
            path: '{{ barn }}'
            mode: 0750
     
      - name: 'Corral the cows into the barn'
        get_url:
            url: '{{ item }}'
            dest: '{{ barn }}'
        with_items: '{{ cow_breeds }}'

      - name: 'Install cowsay'
        package: 
            name: 'cowsay'
            state: present

      - name: 'Brand the cows'
        get_url:
            url: '{{ ansible_cfg }}'
            dest: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}"
            mode: 0640

      - name: 'Configure the pasture'
        lineinfile:
            dest: '{{ pasture_cfg }}'
            regexp: '^export COWPATH=.*'
            line: 'export COWPATH="{{ barn }}"'

ansible_lights.cow

$the_cow = <<"EOC";
                                                                                                                                                                                     
.--._.--.---._.--.---._.--.---._.--.---._.-._.--._.--
  _(A)_    _(A)_    _(A)_    _(A)_    _(A)_    _(A)_
  [___]    [___]    [___]    [___]    [___]    [___]
  /:' \\    /:' \\    /:' \\    /:' \\    /:' \\    /:' \\
 |::   |  |::   |  |::   |  |::   |  |::   |  |::   |
 \\::.  /  \\::.  /  \\::.  /  \\::.  /  \\::.  /  \\::.  /
  \\::./    \\::./    \\::./    \\::./    \\::./    \\::./
   '='      '='      '='      '='      '='      '='
EOC

ansible_reindeer.cow

$the_cow = <<"EOC";
        $thoughts
       |\\ .             . /|
      ._\\\\/             \\//_.
        ',\\_,         ,_/,'
          \\.'         './
          _\\\\/       \\//_
          '-.\\,     ,/.-'
             \\\\     //
            _.-`"""`-._
         ,-'-' _   _ '-'-,
          '--\\ o   o /'-'
             |       |
             /       \\
             |  (A)  |
              \\ _|_ /
               '---'
EOC

ansible_tree.cow

$the_cow = <<"EOC";
          .     .  .      *     .      .          .
     .       .      .     #       .           .
        .      .      ##"(A)"##            .      .      
      .      .   "#:. .:##"##:. .:#"  .      .
          .      . "####"(A)"####"  .
       .     "#:.    .:#"###"#:.    .:#"  .        .       
  .            "###"(A)"######"(A)"###"        .        .
        .    "#:.  "####"(A)"####"  .:#"   .       .
     .     .  "#######""##"##""#######"                  
             ."##"#"(A)"#####"(A)"#"##"           .      
    .   "#:. ...  .:##"###"###"##:.  ... .:#"     .
      .   "###"(A)"##"##"(A)"#"##"##"(A)"###"      .     
    .    .     "#####""#######""#####"    .      .
            .     "      000      "    .     .
       .         .   .   000     .        .       .
.. .. ..................O000O.................. .. .. 
EOC

happy_holidays.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

is_ansible_installed() {
    type -p ansible-playbook > /dev/null                                                        
}

is_ansible_installed                                                                            
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Please install ansible before proceeding"
    exit 1
fi

# Download the playbook
curl --silent -O "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jlaska/14bc829af01526add07efcaa83582aaf/raw/017ed110d08a2bdc212607d711759f022f19c0b5/ansible_holiday_cowsay.yml"

# Run the playbook
ansible-playbook -i localhost, -c local ansible_holiday_cowsay.yml

# Remove the playbook
rm -f ansible_holiday_cowsay.yml