eskp / ansible-role-geth

Ansible role for geth ethereum node

ansible-role-geth

Ansible role for go-ethereum node

Ansible role

These variables could be configured:

• geth_user: user name (default geth)
• geth_group: group name (default geth)
• geth_bindir: override geth bin path
• geth_home: home for geth service (default /var/lib/geth)
• geth_extra_args: start parameters

Running system

The node instance is started by the geth systemd service.

The log is sent to the journal, to show the log messages:

journalctl --unit geth

Uninstall

In order to uninstall geth already installed from this role, you have to define the tag uninstall and the variable uninstall_geth=true