From c309b1da69bf34914e15279ed26d917566a05601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dede <luca@g-laber.de>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 12:38:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add config_locale role -> bump version to 0.1.1

---
 README.md                             | 12 ++++++---
 galaxy.yml                            |  2 +-
 roles/config_locale/defaults/main.yml |  3 +++
 roles/config_locale/tasks/main.yml    | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 roles/config_locale/defaults/main.yml
 create mode 100644 roles/config_locale/tasks/main.yml

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b68c05c..d3116aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ if you have any questions or suggestions feel free to get in touch with me.
 
 ## roles
 
-* **test**
-  a simple role to test ansible or just this collection  
+* **test** – a simple role to test ansible or just this collection  
   it will run a debug task printing 'hello world'
-* **docker**
-  a docker install role that can install docker-ce engine in two ways:  
+* **config_locale** – role to configure system locale and language settings  
+  you should set `system_locale` and `system_language` if you want to deviate from the default:  
+  ```
+  system_locale: 'de_DE.UTF-8'
+  system_language: 'en_US.UTF-8'
+  ```
+* **docker** – a docker install role that can install docker-ce engine in two ways:  
   1. from the official docker repository (recommended by docker)
   2. from your distribution
   you can switch to the distribution method by setting `docker_use_dist_repo` to `true` (defaults to `false`).
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 1c8c960..d00da62 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace: dede
 name: common
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 0.1.1
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md
diff --git a/roles/config_locale/defaults/main.yml b/roles/config_locale/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7127127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/config_locale/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+system_locale: 'de_DE.UTF-8'
+system_language: 'en_US.UTF-8'
diff --git a/roles/config_locale/tasks/main.yml b/roles/config_locale/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1d2c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/config_locale/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+# got this from here:
+# https://serverfault.com/questions/959026/how-do-i-generate-and-set-the-locale-using-ansible/981742#981742
+
+- name: ensure locale files for '{{ system_locale }}' are available
+  become: true
+  community.general.locale_gen:
+    name: "{{ system_locale }}"
+    state: present
+
+- name: ensure locale files for '{{ system_language }}' are available
+  become: true
+  community.general.locale_gen:
+    name: "{{ system_language }}"
+    state: present
+
+- name: get current locale and language configuration
+  ansible.builtin.command: localectl status
+  register: locale_status
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: set facts locale_lang and locale_language
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    locale_lang: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANG=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | first }}"
+    locale_language: "{{ locale_status.stdout | regex_search('LANGUAGE=([^\n]+)', '\\1') | default([locale_lang], true) | first }}"
+
+- name: set locale to '{{ system_locale }}'
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command: localectl set-locale LANG={{ system_locale }}
+  changed_when: locale_lang != system_locale
+
+- name: set language to '{{ system_language }}'
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command: localectl set-locale LANGUAGE={{ system_language }}
+  changed_when: locale_language != system_language