Ansible Role: Metatrader

Ansible role to install MetaTrader platform.

For project facts, key files and architecture mindmap, see FACTS.mmd. For execution flows and logic diagrams, see FLOWS.mmd. For firewall configuration, see .github/FIREWALL.md.

Requirements

This role requires:

• Ansible
• Python
• Administrative/root access on target hosts
• Supported operating systems: Debian/Ubuntu (see FACTS.mmd)

Install

Install from Ansible Galaxy

To install this role from Ansible Galaxy, run the following command:

ansible-galaxy install ea31337.metatrader

Install from GitHub

To install this role, you can use the following terminal command:

ansible-galaxy install git+https://github.com/EA31337/ansible-role-metatrader.git

Role Variables

For available variables, check defaults/main.yml.

Variables

• metatrader_setup_url The URL of the setup file to run.
• metatrader_version Platform version to install. Default 5.

Dependencies

• ea31337.wine
• ea31337.xvfb

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: ea31337.metatrader
      vars:
        metatrader_version: 5

Testing

Docker

Steps to test role on Docker containers.

1. Install the current role by running the following commands in shell:

   ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
   jinja2 requirements-local.yml.j2 -D "pwd=$PWD" -o requirements-local.yml
   ansible-galaxy install -r requirements-local.yml

   Alternatively, for development purposes, you can consider using symbolic link, e.g.

   ln -vs "$PWD" ~/.ansible/roles/ea31337.metatrader

2. Ensure Docker service (e.g. Docker Desktop) is running.

3. Run playbook from tests/:

   ansible-playbook -i tests/inventory/docker-containers.yml tests/playbooks/docker-containers.yml

Molecule

To test using Molecule, run:

molecule test

License

GNU GPL v3

See: LICENSE