Mackup sync utility installation

Ansible role to install and configure the Mackup sync utility.

If Mackup is not installed in the system it will ne installed via Homebrew.

(Soft) Requirements & Dependencies

• Jeff Geerling's' geerlingguy.homebrew which is defined as Ansible Galaxy dependency

Ansible

It was tested on the following versions:

• 2.9

Operating systems

Target MacOS 10.15 possibly earlier versions too (not yet tested)

Example Playbook

Just include this role in your list. For example

- host: all
  vars:
    mackup_engine:: icloud
    mackup_applications_to_ignore:
      - ansible
    mackup_action: restore-only
  roles:
    - marcomc.macos_mackup

Variables

mackup_action: backup             # backup, restore, restore-only, uninstall
mackup_engine: "dropbox"          # dropbox, google_drive, icloud, file_system
mackup_path: ""                   # path to the directory that contains the 'mackup_directory' only IF the selected engine is 'file_system'
mackup_directory: "Mackup"        # name of the mackup backup directory
mackup_applications_to_ignore: [] # list of application to be ignored when backing up or restoring with mackup

By default Mackup will place/look-for its backup folder in your Dropbox directory, but this assumes that Dropbox is already installed and configured in your system.

My personal preference is to have Mackup to backup into iCloud especially if you are using this role to restore your configuration on a new machine in which you have already signed in with iCloud (which is part of the Setup Assistant process).

Actions: mackup_action

• backup - Activate Mackup then move your applications configurations into the mackup_directory then link them to their original location in your system
• restore - Activate Mackup then link your applications configurations the mackup_directory to their original location in your system.
• restore-only - Only copy your applications configurations from the mackup_directory to their original location in your system without activating Mackup
• uninstall - Deactivate Mackup if it is active

Engines: mackup_engine

• dropbox - Dropbox
• google_drive - Google Drive
• icloud - iCloud
• file_system - user arbitrary file_system path, requires you to specify mackup_path value

Continuous integration

This role has (not yet) a travis basic test (for github) only.

Troubleshooting & Known issues

License

MIT

Copyright

Marco Massari Calderone (c) 2020 - marco@marcomc.com