Neovim¶

Description¶

Installs neovim CLI text editor on Pacman‑based systems.

Overview¶

This role automates the installation of neovim, a CLI text editor, on Pacman‑based systems. It uses the community.general.pacman module to ensure the editor is installed and up to date.

Architecture¶

ARCHITECTURE.md draws Neovim from its own metadata: the containers it runs under compose, what changes under swarm, how each volume is backed, and every role it depends on or is depended upon by.

Section	Drawn from
Compose	`meta/services.yml`
Swarm	`meta/services.yml` replicas and placement
Volumes	`meta/volumes.yml` against the NFS decision chain
Dependencies	`meta/services.yml` and `meta/main.yml` of every role

Features¶

Automated provisioning: Configured by Ansible without manual steps.

Quick Setup¶

Development¶

Clone, set up the workstation, and deploy Neovim onto the local stack:

git clone https://github.com/infinito-nexus/core.git
cd core
make onboard
make compose-deploy mode=reinstall apps=dsk-neovim full_cycle=false

Production¶

Install Neovim directly onto the target machine: clone the repository, install the OS prerequisites and the repository toolchain, then deploy against localhost over a local connection (no SSH, no container):

git clone https://github.com/infinito-nexus/core.git
cd core
bash scripts/install/package.sh
make install
source scripts/meta/env/load.sh

APP=dsk-neovim
DOMAIN="<your-domain>"
TLS_MODE=self_signed
SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="<your-ssh-public-key>"
INVENTORY=inventories/production
infinito administration inventory provision "$INVENTORY" \
  --inventory-file "$INVENTORY/devices.yml" \
  --host localhost \
  --include "$APP" \
  --vars "{\"TLS_MODE\": \"$TLS_MODE\", \"DOMAIN_PRIMARY\": \"$DOMAIN\", \"users\": {\"administrator\": {\"authorized_keys\": [\"$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY\"]}}}"
infinito administration deploy dedicated "$INVENTORY/devices.yml" \
  --password-file "$INVENTORY/.password" \
  --diff -vv

Requirements¶

Ansible 2.9 or higher
Access to the Pacman package manager (e.g., Arch Linux and derivatives)

Role Variables¶

No additional role variables are required; this role solely manages the installation of the editor.

Dependencies¶

None.

Example Playbook¶

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - dsk-neovim

Further Resources¶

Official neovim documentation: https://neovim.io/

Credits¶

Kevin Veen-Birkenbach

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

That licence covers this role. The software it deploys is a separate grant: Apache-2.0, under which commercial use is allowed. You owe its authors this much: keep the copyright notice and the licence text. Permission for one of the two is not permission for the other.

Contributing¶

Contributions are welcome! Please follow standard Ansible role conventions and best practices.

Other Resources¶

For more context on this role and its development, see the related ChatGPT conversation.