Use standardized / generic method to install packages for EPEL

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for ensure_repo_epel
+- name: 'include variables'
+  when:
+    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
+  include_vars:
+    file: '{{ lookup("first_found", findme ) }}'
+    name: 'ensure_repo_epel'
+  vars:
+    findme:
+      files:
+        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-default.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-default.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_os_family }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_os_family }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-default.yml'
+        - '{{ ansible_os_family }}-default.yml'
+        - 'default.yml'
+      paths:
+        - '../vars/'
+      errors: 'ignore'
 - name: 'package discovery'
   when:
     - ansible_system == 'Linux'
@@ -8,76 +27,17 @@
 - name: 'ensure packages'
   when:
     - ansible_system == 'Linux'
-    - ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'
-    - packages['epel-release'] is not defined
+    - ensure_repo_epel is defined
+    - ensure_repo_epel.requirements_package_list is defined
+    - ensure_repo_epel.requirements_package_list is iterable
+    - packages[item.name] is not defined
   ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: 'epel-release'
-    state: 'installed'
-  notify:
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.package_facts'
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.service_facts'
-- name: 'ensure packages'
-  when:
-    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
-    - ansible_distribution == 'Oracle'
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 6
-    - packages['epel-release'] is not defined
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    disable_gpg_check: 'yes'
-    name: 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm'
-    state: 'installed'
-  notify:
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.package_facts'
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.service_facts'
-- name: 'ensure packages'
-  when:
-    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
-    - ansible_distribution == 'Oracle'
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
-    - packages['epel-release'] is not defined
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    disable_gpg_check: 'yes'
-    name: 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm'
-    state: 'installed'
-  notify:
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.package_facts'
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.service_facts'
-- name: 'ensure packages'
-  when:
-    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
-    - ansible_distribution == 'Oracle'
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 8
-    - packages['epel-release'] is not defined
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    disable_gpg_check: 'yes'
-    name: 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm'
-    state: 'installed'
-  notify:
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.package_facts'
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.service_facts'
-- name: 'ensure packages'
-  when:
-    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
-    - ansible_distribution == 'Oracle'
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
-    - packages['oracle-epel-release-el7'] is not defined
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: 'oracle-epel-release-el7'
-    state: 'installed'
-  notify:
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.package_facts'
-    - 'ensure_repo_epel.service_facts'
-- name: 'flush handlers'
-  meta: 'flush_handlers'
-- name: 'ensure packages'
-  when:
-    - ansible_system == 'Linux'
-    - ansible_distribution == 'Oracle'
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 8
-    - packages['oracle-epel-release-el8'] is not defined
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: 'oracle-epel-release-el8'
-    state: 'installed'
+    disable_gpg_check: '{{ item.disable_gpg_check | omit(default) }}'
+    name: '{{ item.url }}'
+    state: '{{ item.state }}'
+  loop: '{{ ensure_repo_epel.requirements_package_list }}'
+  loop_control:
+    label: '{{ item.name }} will be {{ item.state }}'
   notify:
     - 'ensure_repo_epel.package_facts'
     - 'ensure_repo_epel.service_facts'

vars/CentOS-6-default.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# vars file for ensure_repo_epel
+package_list:
+  - name: 'epel-release'
+    state: 'present'
+    url: 'epel-release'
+

vars/CentOS-7-default.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# vars file for ensure_repo_epel
+package_list:
+  - name: 'epel-release'
+    state: 'present'
+    url: 'epel-release'
+

vars/CentOS-8-default.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# vars file for ensure_repo_epel
+package_list:
+  - name: 'epel-release'
+    disable_gpg_check: 'yes'
+    state: 'present'
+    url: 'epel-release'
+

vars/default.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+# vars file for ensure_repo_epel