darrelltang/ansible-osx-setup

Ansible script for setting up an Intel Mac for SRE development

MacOS Setup with Ansible

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.

Getting Started

There's a simple shell script in bin/bootstrap which will perform the initial steps of:

1. Installing Xcode
2. Installing Ansible
3. Fetching required Ansible roles and collections

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.

What's installed

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
• Cloning and installing powerline fonts for command prompt customization
• Homebrew for package management
• VSCode + default plugins and configuration
• Cloning my dotfile repository
• Configuring Neovim
• Symlinking dotfiles to appropriate places

Customising

Everything can be customised by editing ansible_osx.yml.