Merge pull request #2482 from edx/e0d/refactor-utils

E0d/refactor utils

playbooks/roles/common/meta/main.yml

 ---
 dependencies:
   - common_vars
+  - server_utils
   - role: user
     user_info: "{{ COMMON_USER_INFO }}"
   - role: security

playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml

@@ -88,23 +88,15 @@ COMMON_TAG_EC2_INSTANCE: False
 common_boto_version: '2.34.0'
 common_debian_pkgs:
   - ntp
-  - ack-grep
   - lynx-cur
   - logrotate
-  - mosh
   - rsyslog
-  - screen
-  - tmux
-  - tree
   - git
   - unzip
   - "python2.7=2.7.10-0+precise1"
   - python-pip
   - python2.7-dev
-  # Not installed by default on vagrant ubuntu
-  # boxes
-  - curl
-
+  
 common_pip_pkgs:
   - pip==7.1.2
   - setuptools==18.3.2

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:
+  # not sure why this is installed
+  - ack-grep
+  # not sure why this is installed
+  - mosh
+  # not sure why this is installed
+  # Not installed by default on vagrant ubuntu
+  # boxes.
+  # TODO: move to Vagrant role
+  - curl
+  - tree
+  - 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