This repository contains an Ansible configuration for setting up a Mac from scratch. It's primary purpose is setting up a new Mac from scratch, but I endeavor to also use it for adding new software as I go so that it remains up to date. At the moment it's being used for setting up Intel based Macs running MacOS Big Sur.
There's a simple shell script in bin/bootstrap which will perform the initial steps of:
- Installing Xcode
- Installing Ansible
- Fetching required Ansible roles and collections
Had to add to path and before bootstrap
Set up PATH: export PATH=$PATH:/Users/marcusbaguley/Library/Python/3.8/bin
For Docker - run Docker for Mac to complete installation and setup command line tools.
Installation of ruby with asdf - current open ssl issue: openssl/openssl#18720 (comment)
And then runs the main playbook ansible_osx.yml.
For future updates, bin/apply can be used to run just the Ansible playbook without the setup commands.
The easiest way to understand what's installed is to read the contents of ansible_osx.yml, this configuration is fairly specific to the range of development I do personally, but may serve as a useful starting point for others. The core components are:
- ZSH + Oh My Zsh as the primary shell
- Homebrew for package management
- ASDF for version management (along with plugins and default versions for ruby, python, javascript, elixir and erlang)
- Virtualbox, Vagrant and Docker
- VSCode + default plugins and configuration
- A selection of Android SDK's
- Lots of other tools and utilities
Everything can be customised by editing ansible_osx.yml.