Ansible Role: syft

Role to install (by default) syft on Debian/Ubuntu and EL systems. A CLI tool and Go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below (located in defaults/main.yml):

Variables list:

syft_app: syft
syft_desired_state: present
syft_version: 1.4.1
syft_os: linux
syft_arch: amd64

# For Debian/Ubuntu Family
syft_debian_url: "https://github.com/anchore/{{ syft_app }}/releases/download/v{{ syft_version }}/{{ syft_app }}_{{ syft_version }}_{{ syft_os }}_{{ syft_arch }}.deb"

# For EL Family
syft_el_url: "https://github.com/anchore/{{ syft_app }}/releases/download/v{{ syft_version }}/{{ syft_app }}_{{ syft_version }}_{{ syft_os }}_{{ syft_arch }}.rpm"

Variables table:

Variable	Description
syft_app	Defines the app to install i.e. syft
syft_desired_state	Defined to dynamically chose whether to install (i.e. either present or latest) or uninstall (i.e. absent) the package. Defaults to present.
syft_version	Defined to dynamically fetch the desired version to install. Defaults to: 1.4.1
syft_os	Defines os type. Used for obtaining the correct type of binaries based on OS type. Defaults to: linux
syft_arch	Defines os architecture. Used for obtaining the correct type of binaries based on OS System Architecture. Defaults to: amd64
syft_debian_url	Defines URL to download the 'deb' package from for Debian/Ubuntu family systems.
syft_el_url	Defines URL to download the 'rpm' package from for EL family systems.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

For default behaviour of role (i.e. installation of syft) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.syft

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. specifying the desired syft version) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.syft
  vars:
    syft_version: 0.32.2

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. different os architecture of syft package like arm64) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.syft
  vars:
    syft_arch: "arm64"

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad