Ansible Role: steamcmd

An Ansible role that installs steamcmd on a Linux server.

Automatic testing is provided using molecule's delegated driver and https://builds.sr.ht.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Variable	Description	Default
steamcmd_download_url	URL pointing to the steamcmd archive	https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
steamcmd_user	User name for steamcmd	steam
steamcmd_required_packages	Dependencies	{{ __steamcmd_required_packages }}
steamcmd_package	Name of package	{{ __steamcmd_package }}
steamcmd_deb_mirror	URL of an APT mirror	{{ __steamcmd_deb_mirror }}
steamcmd_repositories	APT repositories to enable	{{ __steamcmd_repositories }}

Debian buster

Variable	Default
__steamcmd_bin	/usr/games/steamcmd
__steamcmd_package	steamcmd
__steamcmd_deb_mirror	https://deb.debian.org/debian/
__steamcmd_repositories	contrib non-free
__steamcmd_required_packages	lib32gcc1

Debian bullseye

Variable	Default
__steamcmd_bin	/usr/games/steamcmd
__steamcmd_package	steamcmd
__steamcmd_deb_mirror	https://deb.debian.org/debian/
__steamcmd_repositories	contrib non-free
__steamcmd_required_packages	lib32gcc1

RedHat

Variable	Default
__steamcmd_bin	{{ __steamcmd_bin_path }}/steamcmd
__steamcmd_required_packages	[ 'glibc.i686', 'libstdc++.i686' ]
__steamcmd_bin_path	Installation directory of steamcmd
__steamcmd_lib_path	Intermediate installation directory of steamcmd

Ubuntu

Variable	Default
__steamcmd_bin	/usr/games/steamcmd
__steamcmd_package	steamcmd
__steamcmd_deb_mirror	http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
__steamcmd_repositories	multiverse
__steamcmd_required_packages	lib32gcc1

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: game
  roles:
    - ansible-steamcmd

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Damien Plénard

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Contributing

Either send send GitHub pull requests or send patches on SourceHut.

Author Information

Original work from Damien Plénard with adaptations from Tristan Le Guern.