Merge pull request #2 from singleplatform-eng/add_ability_to_enable_mysql_repo

adding ability to use official mysql repo

Author: Colin Hoglund

.travis.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ env:
     playbook: test.yml
   - distro: ubuntu1604
     playbook: test.yml
+  - distro: ubuntu1604
+    playbook: xenial-mysql-repo-test.yml
   - distro: ubuntu1404
     playbook: test.yml
 

README.md

@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ The MySQL users and their privileges. A user has the values `name`, `host` (defa
 
 (OS-specific, RedHat/CentOS defaults listed here) Packages to be installed. In some situations, you may need to add additional packages, like `mysql-devel`.
 
+    mysql_apt_repo_version: 5.7
+
+Define this variable to use repo.mysql.com to install mysql packages. Used only for Debian based systems. Disabled by default.
+
+    mysql_apt_repo_release: "{{ansible_distribution_release}}"
+
+Override this if you want to install older versions of mysql on newer OS releases.
+
     mysql_enablerepo: ""
 
 (RedHat/CentOS only) If you have enabled any additional repositories (might I suggest geerlingguy.repo-epel or geerlingguy.repo-remi), those repositories can be listed under this variable (e.g. `remi,epel`). This can be handy, as an example, if you want to install later versions of MySQL.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ overwrite_global_mycnf: yes
 # mysql_config_file: /etc/my.cnf
 # mysql_config_include_dir: /etc/my.cnf.d
 
+# Define this to use repo.mysql.com to install mysql packages. Used only for Debian based systems.
+# mysql_apt_repo_version: 5.7
+# Override this if you want to install older versions of mysql on newer OS releases
+mysql_apt_repo_release: "{{ansible_distribution_release}}"
+
 # Pass in a comma-separated list of repos to use (e.g. "remi,epel"). Used only
 # for RedHat systems (and derivatives).
 mysql_enablerepo: ""

tasks/setup-Debian.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,28 @@
   stat: path=/etc/init.d/mysql
   register: mysql_installed
 
+- name: Add repo.mysql.com apt key
+  apt_key: url=http://repo.mysql.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql
+  when: mysql_apt_repo_version is defined
+
+- name: Add repo.mysql.com apt repo
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: "deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/{{ansible_distribution|lower}}/ {{mysql_apt_repo_release}} mysql-{{mysql_apt_repo_version}}"
+  when: mysql_apt_repo_version is defined
+
+# This ensures that packages from repo.mysql.com take precedence over OS provided packages
+- name: Update apt to prefer repo.mysql.com packages
+  copy:
+    content: |
+      Package: *
+      Pin: origin repo.mysql.com
+      Pin-Priority: 900
+    dest: /etc/apt/preferences.d/mysql
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+  when: mysql_apt_repo_version is defined
+
 - name: Update apt cache if MySQL is not yet installed.
   apt: update_cache=yes
   when: mysql_installed.stat.exists == false

tests/xenial-mysql-repo-test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  vars:
+    mysql_apt_repo_version: 5.7
+  roles:
+    - role_under_test