Added more tests and extra variables/overrides for more granular configuration (if needed).

Vagrantfile

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   # config.vm.box = "relativkreativ/centos-7-minimal"
   # config.vm.box = "box-cutter/fedora22"
   # config.vm.box = "puppetlabs/centos-6.6-64-nocm"
-  # config.vm.box = "hansode/centos-6.5-x86_64"
 
   BOX_COUNT = 1
   (1..BOX_COUNT).each do |machine_id|
@@ -27,6 +26,10 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
           # ansible.verbose = 'vvvv'
           ansible.limit = 'all'
           ansible.playbook = "test.yml"
+          # ansible.playbook = "playbooks/0.9.4.2_to_0.9.5.1_upgrade_path.yml"
+          # ansible.playbook = "playbooks/0.9.5.1_to_0.9.6_upgrade_path.yml"
+          # ansible.playbook = "playbooks/0.9.4.2_to_0.9.6_upgrade_path.yml"
+          # ansible.playbook = "playbooks/0.9.4.2_to_0.9.5.1_to_0.9.6_upgrade_path.yml"
           ansible.sudo = true
           ansible.host_key_checking = false
           ansible.extra_vars = {

tasks/cluster.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   when: influxdb_cluster_set.changed or influxdb_purge_peer_data
   
 - name: Collect cluster status
-  command: influx -execute 'show servers'
+  command: "{{ influxdb_binary_path }}/influx -execute 'show servers'"
   register: influxdb_show_servers_output
 
 - name: Assert clustering status (local/vagrant)

tasks/configure.yml

 ---
-
-- name: Create InfluxDB-specific directories (if not already created)
-  file: 
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: influxdb
-    group: influxdb
-    mode: 0755
-  with_items:
-    - "{{ influxdb_configuration_dir }}"
-    - "{{ influxdb_meta_dir }}"
-    - "{{ influxdb_data_dir }}"
-    - "{{ influxdb_data_wal_dir }}"
-    - "{{ influxdb_hh_dir }}"
-
 - name: Set templatized InfluxDB configuration
   template: 
     src: influxdb.conf.j2 
@@ -23,12 +8,12 @@
     owner: influxdb
     group: influxdb
     mode: 0744
-  notify: restart influxdb
+  when: influxdb_template_configuration
   
 - name: Start the InfluxDB service
   service:
     name: influxdb
-    state: started
+    state: restarted
     enabled: yes
   register: influxdb_started
   when: influxdb_start_service

tasks/demo.yml

 ---
 - name: Check to see which databases already exist
-  command: /opt/influxdb/influx -execute 'show databases'
+  command: "{{ influxdb_binary_path }}/influx -execute 'show databases'"
   register: db_listing
   changed_when: no
 
 - name: Create demo database
-  command: /opt/influxdb/influx -execute 'CREATE DATABASE {{ influxdb_sample_database_name }}'
+  command: "{{ influxdb_binary_path }}/influx -execute 'CREATE DATABASE {{ influxdb_sample_database_name }}'"
   when: db_listing.stdout.find("{{ influxdb_sample_database_name }}") == -1
 
 - name: Load demo data

tasks/install-debian.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 - name: Add InfluxDB repository [Debian/Ubuntu]
   apt_repository:
     repo: deb https://repos.influxdata.com/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} {{ influxdb_install_version }}
-    state: present
+    state: latest
   when: influxdb_install_url is not defined or influxdb_install_url == None
 
 - name: Install InfluxDB packages [Debian/Ubuntu]

tasks/main.yml

@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
 - include: demo.yml
   tags: [influxdb, demo]
   when: influxdb_load_sample_data and influxdb_http_auth_enabled == "false" and influxdb_start_service
+
+- include: verify.yml
+  tags: [influxdb, verify]

tasks/verify.yml

+---
+- name: List databases for verification
+  command: "{{ influxdb_binary_path }}/influx -execute 'show databases'"
+  register: influxdb_show_databases
+  when: influxdb_verify_database_is_present is defined and influxdb_verify_database_is_present != None
+
+- name: Fail if database is not present
+  fail: msg="Database {{ influxdb_verify_database_is_present }} not present!"
+  when: influxdb_verify_database_is_present is defined and influxdb_verify_database_is_present != None and influxdb_show_databases.stdout.find("{{ influxdb_verify_database_is_present }}") == -1
+
+

templates/influxdb.conf.j2

-### Welcome to the InfluxDB configuration file.
+### Welcome to the InfluxDB configuration file - generated by Ansible
 
 # Once every 24 hours InfluxDB will report anonymous data to m.influxdb.com
 # The data includes raft id (random 8 bytes), os, arch, version, and metadata.

vars/main.yml

@@ -16,3 +16,13 @@ influxdb_purge_peer_data: no
 
 # If yes, service will be started. Will not be started if set to no.
 influxdb_start_service: yes
+
+# If yes, will overwrite the packaged configuration with an Asnible/jinja2 template
+influxdb_template_configuration: yes
+
+# If supplied, will check for presence of database, and error if not found (useful for upgrade
+# testing).
+influxdb_verify_database_is_present: 
+
+# Path for finding InfluxDB binaries. Added for backwards-compatibility with < 0.9.5
+influxdb_binary_path: /usr/bin
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