From a9cb923ccb2846e6fe3ad202ac826a8b1ec7ecd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rhamilton <rhamilton@tulsacounty.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:39:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update playbooks/install-essential-tools.yml

---
 playbooks/install-essential-tools.yml | 36 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playbooks/install-essential-tools.yml b/playbooks/install-essential-tools.yml
index e03790b..e5d68a7 100644
--- a/playbooks/install-essential-tools.yml
+++ b/playbooks/install-essential-tools.yml
@@ -4,20 +4,32 @@
   become: true
 
   vars:
-    essential_packages:
-      - curl
-      - git
-      - jq
-      - htop
-      - unzip
-      - ca-certificates
-      - net-tools
-      - acl
-      - fzf
+    # Base tools required everywhere
+    base_packages:
+      - curl             # used for API calls, downloads
+      - git              # version control / pulling repos
+      - ca-certificates  # ensures HTTPS works
+      - iproute2         # modern networking tools (ip a, ip r)
+
+    # Extra tools for troubleshooting / convenience
+    extra_packages:
+      - jq       # parse JSON (docker inspect, APIs)
+      - htop     # friendlier process viewer
+      - unzip    # handle .zip archives
+      - dnsutils # dig, nslookup
+      - fzf      # fuzzy finder
+      - tree     # visualize directories
+      - bat      # cat with syntax highlighting
+      - net-tools # old ifconfig, netstat (legacy but familiar)
 
   tasks:
-    - name: Install common tools
+    - name: Install base tools
       apt:
-        name: "{{ essential_packages }}"
+        name: "{{ base_packages }}"
         state: present
         update_cache: yes
+
+    - name: Install extra tools
+      apt:
+        name: "{{ extra_packages }}"
+        state: present