[ansible/artifactory] automate the configuration of a Artifactory installation

[bbaassssiiee]

Is this a request for help?:
NO

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one):

FEATURE REQUEST

Automate the configuration of Artifactory, namely:

• License Key(s)
• Base URL
• Proxy
• Repositories
• Users
• Permissions

Which installer:
Artifactory

Which product and version (eg: ansible & collection version - 7.24.2):
ansible & collection version

Which operating system and version(eg: ubuntu & version - 20.4):
RHEL 8.8

Which product license (Enterprise/Pro):
Enterprise

JFrog support reference (if already raised with support team):
260703

What happened:
I encountered a wizard! Had to click and type!

What you expected to happen:
I'd rather use parameters and Ansible's template module.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):
Install Artifactory.

Anything else we need to know:

Another step can be automated like this:

- name: Artifactory Bootstrap YAML File
  ansible.builtin.template:
    src: artifactory.config.import.yml.j2
    dest: /opt/jfrog/artifactory/var/etc/artifactory/artifactory.config.import.yml
    mode: 0644
  notify: Restart Artifactory

[bbaassssiiee]

Here is a historic example of an Artifactory module to configure Artifactory:
https://github.com/William1444/ansible-module-artifactory

A modern approach would enable the users to define the state of the resources in Artifactory in YAML vars, and to iterated these vars into the REST interface.

As an example, the dispatch role for Ansible Automation Controller iterates these vars to run roles to do a similar thing.

[srinivasgowda097]

@bbaassssiiee Thanks for raising the feature request, we might plan to take up in next quarter

[bbaassssiiee]

Another example configuring Artifactory: https://github.com/eugene-krivosheyev/ansible-artifactory-role

[bbaassssiiee]

You could merge the example.

[bbaassssiiee]

You don't intend to implement this.