Install reflector to rank mirrors

files/reflector.service

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Pacman mirrorlist update
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/reflector --verbose --sort rate -a 1 -p https --threads {{ ansible_facts.processor_vcpus }} --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[Install]
+RequiredBy=multi-user.target

tasks/packages.yml

@@ -89,14 +89,23 @@
     regexp: '^BUILDENV='
     line: 'BUILDENV=(!distcc color ccache check !sign)'
 
-- name: Download UK mirrorlist
+- name: "Install Reflector"
-  get_url:
+  aur:
-    url: 'https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=GB&protocol=http&protocol=https&ip_version=4&ip_version=6&use_mirror_status=on'
+    skip_installed: true
-    dest: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+    name: reflector
-    force: true
+  become: true
+  become_user: aur_builder
 
-- name: Un-comment mirrorlist servers
+- name: Install Reflector service
-  replace:
+  template:
-    path: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+    src: ./files/reflector.service
-    regexp: '^#Server = (.+)$'
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/reflector.service
-    replace: 'Server = \1'
+    mode: 0644
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
+- name: Enable Reflector services
+  systemd:
+    name: "reflector"
+    enabled: true
+    state: started