IntelliJ

This role installs intellij and configured plugins. It has been tested on Linux Mint 18 but should wokr on most distributions. By default it installs IntelliJ community edition 2017.2 and no additional plugins

By default intellij is installed under the user's home directory and become is not needed.

Requirements

None

Role Variables

intellij_version: 2017.2
intellij_edition: community
intellij_download_mirror: "https://download.jetbrains.com/idea/"
intellij_plugin_download_mirror: "https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/download?updateId="
intellij_plugins: []
intellij_download_directory: /tmp
intellij_user_dir: "~{{ (intellij_install_user is defined) | ternary(intellij_install_user, ansible_user_id) }}"
intellij_install_directory: "{{ intellij_user_dir | expanduser }}/Tools"
intellij_install_user: <undefined>

intellij_install_file: "idea{{ intellij_edition_short }}-{{ intellij_version }}.tar.gz"
intellij_download_url: "{{ intellij_download_mirror }}{{ intellij_install_file }}"
intellij_desktop_file_location: "{{ intellij_user_dir | expanduser }}/.local/share/applications/intellij-{{ intellij_edition }}-{{ intellij_version }}.desktop"

• intellij_plugins is a list of names which get appended to intellij_plugin_download_mirror to form a full download
• Defining intellij_install_user allows the role to install under a different user, however become is required

Dependencies

None

Example

Example playbook

- hosts: localhost
  connection: local

roles:
  - henriklyngaard.intellij

Exmaple inventory for plugins

The below IDs have been found by going to https://plugins.jetbrains.com/ and searching for the plugin. Once found copy the link location for the desired version and use the updateId=XXXXX part at the end

intellij_plugins:
  # ignore 1.7.6
  - 32828
  # bash support 1.6.5.171
  - 31610
  # ansible 0.9.4
  - 27616
  # docker 2.5.3
  - 33621
  # markdown 2017.1.20170302
  - 33092      

Alternatively upload the required plugins to a webserver and adjust intellij_plugin_download_mirror and intellij_plugins accordingly

License

MIT

Change log

• 1.4: Allow installation under another user
• 1.3: Update to IntelliJ 2017.2
• 1.2: Added molecule tests
• 1.1: Create the desktop file directory in case we are the first
• 1.0: Initial version