Installing Ruby 2.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 with ansible

how-to-install-ruby-2.1

Install ansible on your laptop, then:

    ansible-playbook -i production site.yml
    
After running this confirm ruby version on the server:

    ubuntu@srv-blah:~$ which ruby
    /usr/bin/ruby
    ubuntu@srv-blah:~$ ruby -v
    ruby 2.1.0p0 (2013-12-25 revision 44422) [x86_64-linux-gnu]

production

your.box.hostname.com

site.yml

---
- hosts: all
  remote_user: ubuntu
  sudo: true
  tasks:
    - name: add brightbox ruby repository
      apt_repository: repo='ppa:brightbox/ruby-ng'

    - name: install ruby 2.1
      apt: pkg=ruby2.1 state=present

    - name: install ruby 2.1 dev headers
      apt: pkg=ruby2.1-dev state=present

    - name: install bundler
      gem: name=bundler state=present user_install=no