Ansible task to setup docker-ce on ubuntu or debian

docker-ce.yml

---

- name: Update the `apt` package index
  apt:
    update_cache: yes

- name: Install packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS
  package:
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: latest
  with_items:
    - apt-transport-https
    - curl
    - software-properties-common

- name: Install `easy_install` to install `pip`
  package:
    name: python-setuptools
    state: present

- name: Install `pip` to install `docker-py`
  easy_install:
    name: pip
    state: latest

- name: Install `docker-py` for the Ansible Docker module
  pip:
    name: "{{ item }}"
  with_items:
    - docker-py
#    - docker-compose

- name: Add Docker’s official GPG key
  apt_key:
    url: "https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}/gpg"
    state: present

- name: Register distribution *short* code name
  shell: lsb_release -cs
  register: lsb_release

- name: Set up the stable repository
  apt_repository:
    repo: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }} {{ ansible_distribution_release | lower }} stable"
    state: present

- name: Update the `apt` package index
  apt:
    update_cache: yes

- name: Install Docker CE
  package:
    name: docker-ce
    state: present

- name: Verify that Docker CE is installed correctly by running the hello-world image
  command: docker run hello-world
  register: command_result
  failed_when: "'Hello from Docker!' not in command_result.stdout"

-- name: Register distribution *short* code name
-  shell: lsb_release -cs
-  register: lsb_release
-
 - name: Set up the stable repository
   apt_repository:
-    repo: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_os_family | lower }} {{ lsb_release.stdout }} stable"
+    repo: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_os_family | lower }} {{ ansible_distribution_release | lower }} stable"
     state: present

This allows it to work with --check

This allows it to work with --check

Thanks @Geod24 👍

Wouldn't it be better to use ansible_distribution instead of ansibe_os_family? At least for Ubuntu it fails for me because it tries to reach the debian repo instead of the ubuntu repo?

Sure @pareul let's try ansible_distribution instead