Updating the playbook to edit the hostname

.travis.yml

@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ install:
   # Create ansible.cfg with correct roles_path
   - printf '[defaults]\nroles_path=../' >ansible.cfg
   
-  # Include the domain inside the /etc/hosts
-  - printf '127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost' > /etc/hosts
-
-  # Change the hostname
-  - hostnamectl set-hostname 'localhost.localdomain'
-  
 script:
   # Basic role syntax check
   - ansible-playbook tests/test.yml -i tests/inventory --syntax-check

tasks/main.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #
 # Starting the install
 ###################################
+- include: nodistro/hostname.yml
 - include: '{{ ansible_os_family }}/packages.yml'
 - include: nodistro/install-zimbra.yml
 - include: nodistro/install-spamassassin.yml

tasks/nodistro/hostname.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Change the hostname and ensure the /etc/hosts has the hostname linked to the
+# localhost. This is very important for some services, like Zimbra, who will
+# check for the LDAP Server's IP.
+
+- name: Correct the machine's hostname to {{ hostname }}
+  hostname: name='{{ hostname }}.{{ domain }}'
+
+- name: Changing the host's file for the template
+  template:
+    src: hosts.j2
+    dest: /etc/hosts
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644

templates/hosts.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+::1		          localhost.localdomain	localhost
+127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain	localhost
+127.0.0.1       {{ hostname }}.{{ domain }} {{ hostname }}