shellinabox-install-playbook.yml

howto-build-shellinabox.md

Because shellinaboxd RPM package is removed from EPEL official repository, it is necessary to build it by ourselves. Follow the following steps.

1. Download the source RPM package from: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/shellinabox

2. Install it on your home directory:

$ rpm -i shellinabox-2.20-26.fc43.src.rpm

This command must create required directories in ~/RPM/.

3. Build it.

$ rpmbuild -bb RPM/SPECS/shellinabox.spec

Note that the root privilege is not required the above step.

4. Install the binary package.

$ sudo rpm -ivh RPM/RPMS/x86_64/shellinabox-2.20-26.el9.x86_64.rpm

shellinabox-install-playbook.yml

- hosts: all
  vars:
    rpm_path: shellinabox-2.20-26.el9.x86_64.rpm
    rpm_name: shellinabox
  tasks:
    - name: Gather installed package facts
      package_facts:
        manager: auto
      check_mode: no

    - name: Copy binary package if not installed
      copy:
        src: "{{ rpm_path }}"
        dest: "/tmp/{{ rpm_path }}"
      when: rpm_name not in ansible_facts.packages

    - name: Install rpm package if not installed
      yum:
        name: "/tmp/{{ rpm_path }}"
        state: present
        disable_gpg_check: yes
      when: rpm_name not in ansible_facts.packages
      ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"

    - name: Delete rpm binary package file after installation
      file:
        path: "/tmp/{{ rpm_path }}"
        state: absent
      when: rpm_name not in ansible_facts.packages