Mac Development Ansible Playbook

This playbook installs and configures most of the software I use on my Mac for web and software development. Some things in macOS are difficult to automate (notably, the Mac App Store and certain tools from Apple), so I still have some manual installation steps, but at least it's all documented here.

This is a work in progress, and is mostly a means for me to document my current Mac's setup. I'll be adding settings and packages to this set of playbooks over time.

See also:

Battleschool
osxc
MWGriffin/ansible-playbooks (the original inspiration for this project)

Installation

Install Ansible.
Ensure Apple's command line tools are installed (xcode-select --install to launch the installer).
Clone this repository to your local drive.
Run the command $ ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml inside this directory to install required Ansible roles.
Run ansible-playbook main.yml -i inventory -u [username] --ask-sudo-pass from the same directory as this README file (substitute [username] for your macOS account username). Enter your account password when prompted.

Note: If some Homebrew commands fail, you might need to agree to XCode's license or fix some other Brew issue. Run brew doctor to see if this is the case.

Included Applications / Configuration

Applications (installed with Homebrew Cask):

Adium
Docker
Dropbox
Firefox
Google Chrome
Handbrake
Homebrew
~~Karabiner~~ (Note: Currently using Karabiner Elements for macOS Sierra)
KDiff3
LICEcap
MacVim
Menu Meters
nvALT
Sequel Pro (MySQL client)
Skype
Skitch
~~Seil~~ (Note: Currently using Karabiner Elements for macOS Sierra)
Sublime Text
TextMate
Transmit (S/FTP client)
Vagrant (+ Vagrant Manager)
VirtualBox
VLC

Packages (installed with Homebrew):

autoconf
bash-completion
gettext
git
go
gpg
hub
httpie
iperf
libdvdcss
libevent
packer
python
sqlite
mcrypt
mysql
npm
nvm
php70
php70-mcrypt
php70-xdebug
ssh-copy-id
cowsay
readline
subversion
openssl
pv
drush
wget
wrk

My dotfiles are also installed into the current user's home directory, including the .osx dotfile for configuring many aspects of macOS for better performance and ease of use.

Finally, there are a few other preferences and settings added on for various apps and services.

Future additions

Things that still need to be done manually

It's my hope that I can get the rest of these things wrapped up into Ansible playbooks soon, but for now, these steps need to be completed manually (assuming you already have Xcode and Ansible installed, and have run this playbook).

Set JJG-Term as the default Terminal theme (it's installed, but not set as default automatically).
Install Sublime Package Manager.
Install all the Mac App Store Apps (see below).
Install all the apps that aren't yet in this setup (see below).
Remap Caps Lock to Escape (keycode 53), using Seil.
Set trackpad tracking rate.
Set mouse tracking rate.
Configure extra Mail and/or Calendar accounts (e.g. Google, Exchange, etc.).

Applications/packages to be added:

These are mostly direct download links, some are more difficult to install because of custom installers or other nonstandard install quirks:

iShowU HD

Configuration to be added:

I have vim configuration in the repo, but I still need to add the actual installation:

mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload
mkdir -p ~/.vim/bundle
cd ~/.vim/autoload
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/master/autoload/pathogen.vim > pathogen.vim
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree.git

Apps only available via the App Store

I also use the following apps at least once or twice per week, but the Mac App Store is harder to control via CLI, so for now I have to manually install all of these apps from within the App Store application (see Issue #11).

Tweetbot
RadarScope
Pixelmator
Quick Resizer
1Password
DaisyDisk
Byword
Aperture
Pages
Keynote
Numbers

There are a couple other apps I'm leaving out of the list, like Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop, because I normally don't install them unless/until I need them.

Testing the Playbook

Many people have asked me if I often wipe my entire workstation and start from scratch just to test changes to the playbook. Nope! Instead, I posted instructions for how I build a Mac OS X VirtualBox VM, on which I can continually run and re-run this playbook to test changes and make sure things work correctly.

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Author

Jeff Geerling, 2014 (originally inspired by MWGriffin/ansible-playbooks).

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