New role for installing utils used interactively.

playbooks/roles/server_utils/defaults/main.yml

+---
+#
+# edX Configuration
+#
+# github:     https://github.com/edx/configuration
+# wiki:       https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki
+# code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
+# license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
+#
+##
+# Defaults for role server_utils
+# 
+
+#
+# vars are namespaced with the module name.
+#
+server_utils_role_name: server_utils
+
+#
+# OS packages
+#
+
+server_utils_debian_pkgs:
+  - screen
+  - tmux
+  - curl
+  - vim-tiny
+  - dnsutils
+  - inetutils-telnet
+  - netcat
+
+server_utils_redhat_pkgs: []

playbooks/roles/server_utils/tasks/main.yml

+---
+#
+# edX Configuration
+#
+# github:     https://github.com/edx/configuration
+# wiki:       https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki
+# code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
+# license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
+#
+#
+#
+# Tasks for role server_utils
+# 
+# Overview:
+#
+# Install useful interactive utilities for triange and debugging purposes.
+# Typically these would not need to be available on servers as shell access
+# is uneccessary.
+# 
+# Example play:
+#
+#
+
+- name: Install system packages
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    install_recommends: yes
+    state: present 
+    update_cache: yes
+  with_items: server_utils_debian_pkgs