Easy Mac OS X setup with Ansible

Step 1: Install Xcode

Grab a cup of coffee, this will take while.

xcode-select --install

Step 2: Install Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Step 3: Install Ansible and Git

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
brew install ansible git

Step 4: Clone mac-setup repository

git clone [url-of-this-or-your-repo]
cd macplan

Step 5: vars.yml

Duplicate vars.yml.dist to vars.yml and adjust to your needs.

cp vars.yml.dist vars.yml

Step 6: Run Ansible playbook

ansible-playbook setup.yml --ask-sudo-pass

Or run specific tagged roles:

ansible-playbook setup.yml --tags osx --ask-sudo-pass

Step 7: Run mackup restore

Wait until Dropbox is done with syncing

mackup restore

Inspired by

• osx-for-hackers.sh
• ideasonpurpose/ansible-playbooks
• mackup