ansible-lsyncd-fanout role

This role will let you replicate multiple directories to multiple targets, using lsyncd 2.x.

Variables

• lsyncd_fanout_delay: delay between file syncs (default: 5)
• lsyncd_fanout_directories: directories to sync (required, default: false, i.e. none)
• lsyncd_fanout_max_processes: max concurrent sync processes (default: 5)
• lsyncd_fanout_slaves_interface: what network interface do the slave use to communicate with me (required, default: false, i.e. none)
• lsyncd_fanout_slaves_group: name of group containing slaves to sync (required, default: none)

Usage

- role: ansible-lsyncd-fanout
  lsyncd_fanout_directories:
    - '/var/www/website'
  lsyncd_fanout_slaves_interface: eth0
  lsyncd_fanout_slaves_group: lsyncd-slaves

This will sync directory /var/www/website on all hosts in the lsyncd-slaves group, using the slave's IP address on eth0. You can set multiple directories if you have several of them to sync.

Limitations

This role does not support concurrent lsyncd instances, and as such can only be executed once in a playbook. In practice, this means that you can not sync to different sets of servers depending on the directory.

Warning

While it's convenient, this role creates a passwordless ssh key to synchronize remote hosts via rsync+ssh. Filter out and don't loose your private key !