its been a while since i've worked on this

and it seems there were many changes left
uncommitted. i have no idea what state this is in
but we will refactor or start over from this point.

roles/base_packages/tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   block:
     - name: Include distribution specific variables
       include_vars:
-        file: "{{ ansible_distribution | regex_replace('\\s+', '_') | lower }}_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml"
+        file: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml"
+
 
   rescue:
     - name: Non-supported distribution; using default package set
@@ -11,6 +12,14 @@
         file: __default_packages.yml
 
 
+- name: Install EPEL for CentOS hosts - Required for some of our packages
+  package:
+    name  : epel-release
+    state : present
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution | lower == 'centos'
+
+
 - name: Install package set
   package:
     name  : "{{ __base_packages }}"

roles/base_packages/vars/centos_7.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __base_packages:
   - ftp
   - git
   - htop
-  - ipa-client
   - iperf
   - iptraf
   - jwhois

roles/base_packages/vars/centos_8.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ __base_packages:
   - ftp
   - git
   - htop
-  - ipa-client
   - iperf3
   - iptraf
   - lsof

roles/base_packages/vars/centos_9.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ __base_packages:
   - ftp
   - git
   - htop
-  - ipa-client
   - iperf3
   - iptraf
   - lsof

roles/base_packages/vars/opensuse_tumbleweed_20220324.yml

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
----
-__base_packages:
-  - bc
-  - bzip2
-  - file
-  - ftp
-  - git
-  - iptraf
-  - mlocate
-  - lsof
-  - rsync
-  - sudo
-  - tar
-  - tcpdump
-  - telnet
-  - traceroute
-  - tree
-  - unzip
-  - wget
-  - whois
-  - zip
-