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Branko Majic (branko) - 9 years ago 2017-04-22 21:03:43
branko@majic.rs
MAR-101: Bumping version to 1.5-dev (switching back to development).
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
#
 
# Majic Ansible Roles documentation build configuration file, created by
 
# sphinx-quickstart on Sat Nov  8 14:03:39 2014.
 
#
 
# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
 
# containing dir.
 
#
 
# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
 
# autogenerated file.
 
#
 
# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 
# serve to show the default.
 

	
 
import sys
 
import os
 

	
 
# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 
# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 
# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 
#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 

	
 
# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 

	
 
# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
 
#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
 

	
 
# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 
# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 
# ones.
 
extensions = []
 

	
 
# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 
templates_path = ['_templates']
 

	
 
# The suffix of source filenames.
 
source_suffix = '.rst'
 

	
 
# The encoding of source files.
 
#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
 

	
 
# The master toctree document.
 
master_doc = 'index'
 

	
 
# General information about the project.
 
project = u'Majic Ansible Roles'
 
copyright = u'2016, Branko Majic'
 

	
 
# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 
# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 
# built documents.
 
#
 
# The short X.Y version.
 
version = '1.5.0'
 
version = '1.5-dev'
 
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 
release = '1.5.0'
 
release = '1.5-dev'
 

	
 
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 
# for a list of supported languages.
 
#
 
# This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
 
# Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
 
language = None
 

	
 
# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 
# non-false value, then it is used:
 
#today = ''
 
# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
 
#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
 

	
 
# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 
# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 
exclude_patterns = ['_build']
 

	
 
# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 
# documents.
 
#default_role = None
 

	
 
# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
 
#add_function_parentheses = True
 

	
 
# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
 
# unit titles (such as .. function::).
 
#add_module_names = True
 

	
 
# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
 
# output. They are ignored by default.
 
#show_authors = False
 

	
 
# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 
pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 

	
 
# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
 
#modindex_common_prefix = []
 

	
 
# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
 
#keep_warnings = False
 

	
 

	
 
# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
 

	
 
# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 
# a list of builtin themes.
 
html_theme = 'classic'
 

	
 
# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 
# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 
# documentation.
 
#html_theme_options = {}
 

	
 
# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
 
#html_theme_path = []
 

	
 
# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
 
# "<project> v<release> documentation".
 
#html_title = None
 

	
 
# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
 
#html_short_title = None
 

	
 
# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
 
# of the sidebar.
 
#html_logo = None
 

	
 
# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
 
# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
 
# pixels large.
 
#html_favicon = None
 

	
 
# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 
# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 
# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 
html_static_path = ['_static']
 

	
 
# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
 
# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
 
# directly to the root of the documentation.
 
#html_extra_path = []
 

	
 
# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
 
# using the given strftime format.
 
#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
 

	
 
# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 
# typographically correct entities.
 
#html_use_smartypants = True
 

	
 
# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 
#html_sidebars = {}
 

	
 
# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
 
# template names.
docs/usage.rst
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@@ -56,193 +56,193 @@ Usage instructions assume the following:
 
* Server hostnames are ``ansible``, ``comms``, ``www``, and ``bak`` (for Ansible
 
  server, communications server, web server, and backup server, respectively).
 

	
 

	
 
Installing the OS on Ansible server
 
-----------------------------------
 

	
 
Start-off by installing the operating system on the Ansible server:
 

	
 
1. Fire-up the ``ansible`` server, and boot from the network installation CD.
 

	
 
2. Select the **Install** option.
 

	
 
3. Pick **English** as language.
 

	
 
4. Pick the country you are living in (or whatever else you want).
 

	
 
5. Pick the **en_US.UTF-8** locale.
 

	
 
6. Pick the **American English** keymap.
 

	
 
7. Configure the network if necessary.
 

	
 
8. Set the hostname to ``ansible``.
 

	
 
9. Set the domain to ``example.com``.
 

	
 
10. Set the root password.
 

	
 
11. Create a new user. For simplicity, call the user **Ansible user**, with
 
    username **ansible**.
 

	
 
12. Set-up partitioning in any way you want. You can go for **Guided - use
 
    entire disk** if you want to keep it simple and are just testing things.
 

	
 
13. Wait until the base system has been installed.
 

	
 
14. Pick whatever Debian archive mirror is closest to you.
 

	
 
15. If you have an HTTP proxy, provide its URL.
 

	
 
16. Pick if you want to participate in package survey or not.
 

	
 
17. Make sure that at least the **standard system utilities** and **SSH server**
 
    options are selected on task selection screen.
 

	
 
18. Wait for packages to be installed.
 

	
 
19. Install the GRUB boot loader on MBR.
 

	
 
20. Finalise the server install, and remove the installation media from server.
 

	
 

	
 
Installing required packages
 
----------------------------
 

	
 
With the operating system installed, it is necessary to install a couple of
 
packages, and to prepare the environment a bit on the Ansible server:
 

	
 
1. Install the necessary system packages (using the ``root`` account)::
 

	
 
     apt-get install -y virtualenv virtualenvwrapper git python-pip python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev
 

	
 

	
 
2. Set-up the virtual environment (using the ``ansible`` account):
 

	
 
   .. warning::
 
      If you are already logged-in as user ``ansible`` in the server, you will
 
      need to log-out and log-in again in order to be able to use
 
      ``virtualenvwrapper`` commands!
 

	
 
   ::
 

	
 
     mkdir ~/mysite/
 
     mkvirtualenv -a ~/mysite/ mysite
 
     pip install -U pip setuptools
 
     pip install 'ansible~=1.9.0' dnspython
 

	
 
.. warning::
 
   The ``dnspython`` package is important since it is used internally via
 
   ``dig`` lookup plugin.
 

	
 

	
 
Cloning the *Majic Ansible Roles*
 
---------------------------------
 

	
 
With most of the software pieces in place, the only missing thing is the Majic
 
Ansible Roles:
 

	
 
1. Clone the git repository::
 

	
 
     git clone http://code.majic.rs/majic-ansible-roles ~/majic-ansible-roles
 

	
 
2. Checkout the correct version of the roles::
 

	
 
     cd ~/majic-ansible-roles/
 
     git checkout -b 1.5.0 1.5.0
 
     git checkout -b 1.5-dev 1.5-dev
 

	
 

	
 
Preparing the basic site configuration
 
--------------------------------------
 

	
 
Phew... Now that was a bit tedious and boring... But at least you are now ready
 
to set-up your own site :)
 

	
 
First of all, let's set-up some basic directory structure and configuration:
 

	
 
1. Create Ansible configuration file.
 

	
 
   :file:`~/mysite/ansible.cfg`
 

	
 
   ::
 

	
 
     [defaults]
 

	
 
     roles_path=/home/ansible/majic-ansible-roles/roles:/home/ansible/mysite/roles
 
     force_handlers = True
 
     retry_files_save_path = /home/ansible/mysite/retry
 
     inventory = /home/ansible/mysite/hosts
 

	
 
2. Create directory where retry files will be stored at (so they woudln't
 
   pollute your home directory)::
 

	
 
     mkdir ~/mysite/retry
 

	
 
3. Create the hosts file.
 

	
 
   :file:`~/mysite/hosts`
 

	
 
   ::
 

	
 
     [preseed]
 
     localhost ansible_connection=local
 

	
 
     [communications]
 
     comms.example.com
 

	
 
     [web]
 
     www.example.com
 

	
 
     [backup]
 
     bak.example.com
 

	
 
4. Create a number of directories for storing playbooks, group variables, SSH
 
   keys, and GnuPG keyring (we'll get to this later)::
 

	
 
     mkdir ~/mysite/playbooks/
 
     mkdir ~/mysite/group_vars/
 
     mkdir ~/mysite/ssh/
 
     mkdir ~/mysite/gnupg/
 

	
 
5. Before moving ahead, we should also create SSH private/public key pair that
 
   will be used by Ansible for connecting to destination servers, as well as
 
   for some roles::
 

	
 
     ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -N ''
 

	
 

	
 
Preseed files
 
-------------
 

	
 
The ``preseed`` role is useful for generating Debian preseed files. Preseed
 
files can be used for automating the Debian installation process.
 

	
 
Preseed files are commonly created on the Ansible host, and then in some way
 
served to the servers using them during install.
 

	
 
So, let's set this up for start:
 

	
 
1. First of all, create the playbook for generating the preseed files locally.
 

	
 
   :file:`~/mysite/playbooks/preseed.yml`
 

	
 
   ::
 

	
 
      ---
 
      - hosts: preseed
 
        roles:
 
          - preseed
 

	
 
2. And that is about it to be able to actually use this particular role! So
 
   let's try running it::
 

	
 
     workon mysite && ansible-playbook playbooks/preseed.yml
 

	
 
3. If all went well, you should have the following files created:
 

	
 
   * :file:`~/mysite/preseed_files/comms.example.com.cfg`
 
   * :file:`~/mysite/preseed_files/www.example.com.cfg`
 
   * :file:`~/mysite/preseed_files/bak.example.com.cfg`
 

	
 
4. You can have a look at them, but you might notice the settings in the file
 
   might not be to your liking. In particular, it could be using wrong timezone,
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