Ansible Role: Loris Image Server

Installs and configures the Loris Image Server with Apache and mod_wsgi (python3).

Requirements

• Ansible 2.0+
• Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic

Role Variables

parameter	required	default	comments
loris_repo	no	https://github.com/loris-imageserver/loris.git	Loris git repository
loris_version	no	v3.0.0	Git tag, branch, or commit to use
loris_port	no	80	Server port for virtual host
loris_host	no		Server name for virtual host
loris_prefix	no	loris	URI prefix for IIIF image requests
loris_log_level	no	INFO	Loris log level

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Playbook playbook.yml:

  - hosts: server
    remote_user: ubuntu
    become: yes
    roles:
      - huit-academictechnology-ops.ansible-role-loris-imageserver

Inventory inventory:

  [server]
  127.0.0.1 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3

Run Ansible:

  $ ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml -v

To test:

• Add an image to /usr/local/share/images/loris
• Access image info.json at http://127.0.0.1/loris/myimage.jpg/info.json
• Access image at http://127.0.0.1/loris/myimage.jpg/full/full/0/default.jpg

License

MIT/BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2020 by Arthur Barrett as a member of the Harvard University IT Academic Technology group.