Example usages of the new `deb822_repository` Ansible module

apt-repo-playbook.yaml

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: true

  tasks:
    - name: Add APT repositories
      when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
      become: true
      block:
        - name: Add VSCode APT repository
          ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
            name: vscode
            types: [deb]
            uris: "https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code"
            signed_by: "https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc"
            suites: [stable]
            components: [main]
            state: present
            enabled: yes

      - name: Add google APT repository
        ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
          name: google
          types: [deb]
          uris:
            - "http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb"
            - "http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb"
          signed_by: "https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub"
          suites: [stable]
          components: [main]
          state: present
          enabled: yes

        - name: Add Kubernetes APT repository
          ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
            name: kubernetes
            types: [deb]
            uris: "https://apt.kubernetes.io"
            signed_by: "https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg"
            suites: [kubernetes-xenial]
            components: [main]
            state: present
            enabled: yes

        - name: Add google-cloud-cli APT repository
          ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
            name: google-cloud-cli
            types: [deb]
            uris: "https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt"
            signed_by: "https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg"
            suites: [cloud-sdk]
            components: [main]
            state: present
            enabled: yes

        - name: Add Microsoft prod APT repository (Debian)
          when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
          ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
            name: packages-microsoft-com-prod
            types: [deb]
            uris: "https://packages.microsoft.com/{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}/{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/prod"
            signed_by: "https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc"
            suites: ["{{ ansible_distribution_release|lower }}"]
            components: [main]
            state: present
            enabled: yes
            
        - name: Add Microsoft prod APT repository (Ubuntu)
          when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
          ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
            name: packages-microsoft-com-prod
            types: [deb]
            uris: "https://packages.microsoft.com/{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}/{{ ansible_distribution_version }}/prod"
            signed_by: "https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc"
            suites: ["{{ ansible_distribution_release|lower }}"]
            components: [main]
            state: present
            enabled: yes

        - name: Add Tailscale stable APT repository
          ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
            name: tailscale-stable
            types: [deb]
            uris: "https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}"
            signed_by: "https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}/{{ ansible_distribution_release|lower }}.asc"
            suites: ["{{ ansible_distribution_release|lower }}"]
            components: [main]
            state: present
            enabled: yes

        - name: Add Hashicorp Stable APT repository
          ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
            name: hashicorp
            types: [deb]
            uris: "https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com"
            signed_by: "https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg"
            suites: ["{{ ansible_distribution_release|lower }}"]
            components: [main]
            state: present
            enabled: yes

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, if not sorry.

I want to edit the default debian repo provided by proxmox which is as follows:

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources

with contents:

Types: deb
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: trixie trixie-updates
Components: main contrib non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

Types: deb
URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/
Suites: trixie-security
Components: main contrib non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

Using the ansible module I can create two separate repos with different names, but I wasn't able to find a way to put multiple configs inside a single fil. Is there something I'm missing from my side or it's not (yet) supported by ansible such configuration?

Sorry again if it's not the right place to ask but this is one of the few results that pops up on the matter...

Thanks!

@Kimbaras This is not possible. Use template if you want one file.

docker

Above docker example didn't work for me. Kept getting this error: Malformed entry 1 in sources file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.sources (Component), E:The list of sources could not be read

I tested the Docker task by @Sprout9 above, it works on my test. I would need to see what the output is of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ to know what issue you faced.

However, make sure you have set gather_facts: true. Your fix does not use facts and instead references "ubuntu" directly. This is valid, however there is an advantage in using facts: the same task can work on multiple different distributions.

For reference, this is the task I use to setup the Docker repository on my personal machines and in production servers (I personally tested it on Debian 11, Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS):

- name: Add Docker APT repository
  ansible.builtin.deb822_repository:
    name: docker
    state: present
    types: [deb]
    uris: "https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}"
    suites: ["{{ ansible_distribution_release|lower }}"]
    components: [stable]
    signed_by: "https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg"
    enabled: yes

Thanks for sharing. This worked for me. I had to remove old sources in /etc/apt/sources.list.d that were created by the ansible.builtin.apt_key + ansible.builtin.apt_repository combo.

Also LLM suggested to template signed_by

signed_by: "https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}/gpg"

tbh not sure the "correctness" of this change. since you said it worker for several distros. It actually worked for my Ubuntu 24.04 LTS when it was hardcoded to debian