boma/roles/dev_env
sjat f3f382ae69 Add dev_env role: zsh/tmux/nvim for workstation-class hosts
A new role (separate from base) that gives workstation-class hosts (ubongo
now, mamba later) a clean interactive environment: zsh + oh-my-zsh +
oh-my-posh, tmux + TPM plugins, and neovim. Dotfiles are real files deployed
via GNU stow (not templated); pinned nvim v0.12.2 + oh-my-posh 29.0.1.

Configs re-derived (ADR-013) from AnsibleBaobabV4 + the operator's fisi setup
on boma's terms: no Nerd Font (headless host), no system LSP suite (nvim uses
mason), versions pinned (V4 tracks latest). Applied via playbooks/workstation.yml
to the control group for users sjat + claude. Lint + Molecule (idempotent) green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 13:50:11 +02:00
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requirements.yml Add dev_env role: zsh/tmux/nvim for workstation-class hosts 2026-06-11 13:50:11 +02:00

dev_env

Interactive developer environment for workstation-class boma hosts (ubongo, and later mamba). Gives the operator — and the claude agent user — a clean shell/editor setup over SSH: zsh + oh-my-zsh + oh-my-posh, tmux, and neovim.

This is not part of base. base is the security/infra baseline every host gets; dev_env is only for human workstation-class hosts and must never be applied to servers or service VMs.

What it does

  • Installs packages: zsh, tmux, git, stow, build-essential, curl, ca-certificates, fzf, ripgrep, direnv, nodejs, npm (dev_env__packages).
  • Installs pinned neovim (dev_env__nvim_version) and oh-my-posh (dev_env__omp_version) from GitHub releases, and the system-wide oh-my-posh theme /etc/oh-my-posh/zen.toml.
  • For each user in dev_env__users: sets the login shell to zsh, clones oh-my-zsh + custom plugins and the tmux/TPM plugins, and stows the dotfiles into ~.

Dotfiles

Real files under files/dotfiles/{zsh,tmux,nvim}/, deployed to ~/.dotfiles/ and symlinked into the home directory with GNU stow (not Jinja templates — so they stay editable as live configs). nvim plugins self-bootstrap via lazy.nvim on first launch; LSPs/formatters self-install via mason (no system LSP packages needed).

Variables

Variable Default Purpose
dev_env__users [] Users to configure. Set per group, e.g. group_vars/control → [sjat, claude]. Empty = no per-user work.
dev_env__nvim_version v0.12.2 Pinned neovim release.
dev_env__omp_version 29.0.1 Pinned oh-my-posh release.
dev_env__packages see defaults APT packages.
dev_env__omz_custom_plugins autosuggestions, syntax-highlighting Cloned into ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins.
dev_env__tmux_plugins tpm, tmux-sensible, vim-tmux-navigator, catppuccin@v1.0.3 Cloned into ~/.tmux/plugins.

Apply

make test ROLE=dev_env                 # Molecule (Debian 13)
make deploy PLAYBOOK=workstation       # applies to the control group (ubongo)

Provenance

Configs re-derived (ADR-013) from the heritage AnsibleBaobabV4 repo and the operator's live fisi setup, on boma's terms — V4's structure was not imported. No Nerd Font is installed (headless host; fonts are a client-side concern).