Docker compose: Fix ansible module dependency

README.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Mandatory variable:
 
 ### Docker
 Optional variable:
-- `dockercompose_use_pip`: boolean to use pip instead of manual download (default: false)
+- none
 
 ### DynDNS
 This task and it's configuration files might be quite specific for the [davd/docker-ddns](https://github.com/dprandzioch/docker-ddns) docker container.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ telegraf_docker_file: "telegraf-docker.conf"
 telegraf_unifi_file: "telegraf-UniFi.conf.j2"
 telegraf_airmax_file: "telegraf-AirMAX.conf.j2"
 
-dockercompose_use_pip: false
-
 exim_etc_mailname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"

tasks/docker-Debian.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Server/Borgbackup: Install and Setup Borgbackup Backup Crobjob - Default Debian Version
 # Variables:
-# - dockercompose_use_pip: boolean to use pip instead of manual download (default: false)
+# - none
 
 # Detect some more host facts
 - name: docker - Detect architecture
@@ -50,36 +50,7 @@
     update_cache: yes
     cache_valid_time: "3600"
 
-# Install latest release of docker-compose (using pip3)
-# docker only provides pre-compiled binaries for x86_64, but not for armhf/ arm64!
-# but ansible needs the python package anyway
-- name: docker-compose - Discover if ARM is used
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    dockercompose_use_pip: true
-  when: ansible_architecture == "aarch64" or ansible_architecture == "armv7l"
-
-- name: docker-compose - Install x86_46 binary
-  block:
-    - name: docker-compose - Get version number of stable
-      ansible.builtin.shell: |
-        curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest \
-        | grep tag_name \
-        | cut -d '"' -f 4
-      args:
-        warn: false
-      register: latest_dc_version
-    - name: docker-compose - Download and install
-      become: yes
-      ansible.builtin.get_url:
-        url: "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/{{ latest_dc_version.stdout }}/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64"
-        dest: /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-        force: yes # otherwise updates will not be downloaded
-    - name: docker-compose - Make docker-compose executable
-      become: yes
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-        mode: 0755
-  when: dockercompose_use_pip == false and ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
+# Just always use the python package, because the ansible module won't work otherwise
 - name: docker-compose - Install python package
   block:
     - name: docker-compose - Install requirements
@@ -96,4 +67,3 @@
       ansible.builtin.pip:
         name: docker-compose
         executable: pip3
-  when: dockercompose_use_pip == true

tasks/docker.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Server/Docker: Install Docker and Docker-Compose
 # Variables:
-# - dockercompose_use_pip: boolean to use pip instead of manual download (default: false)
+# - none
 
 - name: docker - Install
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ item }}"