Locales

This Ansible role manages the system locale configuration by deploying locale.gen and locale.conf, then generating the requested locales.

Description

  • Copies your locale.gen template to /etc/locale.gen

  • Copies your locale.conf template to /etc/locale.conf

  • Runs locale-gen to generate and activate configured locales

Overview

  1. Template deployment

    • locale.gen: uncomment or specify the locales you need

    • locale.conf: sets LANG and LANGUAGE environment variables

  2. Locale generation

    • Executes the locale-gen command (requires privilege escalation)

  3. Idempotency

    • Templates are only reapplied if changed

    • locale-gen only re-runs when the template changes

Cosmos

The diagram places Locales in the Infinito.Nexus cosmos: the components it deploys (capabilities), the central services it consumes (dependencies), and its outward reach (federation and bridged external networks).

flowchart LR
    subgraph role [dev-locales 💻]
        svc_locales["locales"]
    end

Solid 1:1 edges are fixed relationships; dashed 0..1 edges are conditional (enabled only in matching deployments); red 0..0 edges are turned off in this role. Node markers show the role’s deploy modes (💻 host, 🐳 compose, 🐝 swarm); ❌ marks a service that is explicitly turned off, and ⚙️ an Ansible role dependency declared in meta/main.yml.

Features

  • Full control over uncommented locales in locale.gen

  • Simple override via templates in your role directory

  • Works on any system supporting locale-gen

Credits

Implemented by Kevin Veen-Birkenbach. Part of the Infinito.Nexus Project and maintained by Kevin Veen-Birkenbach. Licensed under the Infinito.Nexus Community License (Non-Commercial).