From 5f4f84ea15b2654160c2d140a1b013eb36d1d618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxim Vershinin <im@vmn.su>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:39:55 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(role): sets locale for alpine correctly

---
 .../tasks/set_locale_and_time.yaml            | 48 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/roles/base_system/tasks/set_locale_and_time.yaml b/roles/base_system/tasks/set_locale_and_time.yaml
index 37eb4f6..786475a 100644
--- a/roles/base_system/tasks/set_locale_and_time.yaml
+++ b/roles/base_system/tasks/set_locale_and_time.yaml
@@ -1,19 +1,63 @@
 ---
-- name: Generate locales
+- name: Generate locales for Debian-based systems
   community.general.locale_gen:
     name:
       - en_US.UTF-8
       - ru_RU.UTF-8
     state: present
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Debian") or
+        (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Ubuntu")
 
-- name: Set locale
+- name: Set locale for Debian-based systems
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     dest: /etc/locale.conf
     mode: '0644'
     content: |
       LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Debian") or
+        (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Ubuntu")
 
+# The same for Alpine
+- name: Install musl-locales package for Alpine
+  community.general.apk:
+    name: musl-locales
+    state: present
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+- name: Copy default locale profile to a custom override file for Alpine
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh
+    dest: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
+    remote_src: true
+    mode: '0644'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    force: false   # Do not overwrite if the file already exists
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+- name: Set LANG and LC_ALL in the custom locale file for Alpine
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
+    regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}"
+    line: "{{ item.line }}"
+    state: present
+  loop:
+    - { regexp: '^export LANG=', line: 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8' }
+    - { regexp: '^export LC_ALL=', line: 'export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8' }
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+- name: Ensure Unicode is enabled in /etc/rc.conf for Alpine
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/rc.conf
+    regexp: '^#?unicode='
+    line: 'unicode="YES"'
+    state: present
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine"
+
+
+# Works fine for all
 - name: Set time
   community.general.timezone:
     name: Europe/Samara
+