ansible-cfme

Install and configure CloudForms Management Engine environment from source. Uses Ansible as an alternative to Puppet.

ansible-cfme repository/structure

• files - files and templates for use in playbooks/tasks
• group_vars - customize deployment by setting/replacing variables
• library - library of custom local ansible modules
• tasks - snippets of tasks that should be included in plays
• vars - os_release specific customizations

Dependencies

• ansible-1.2 (or newer)
• Access to the CFME private repo

Instructions

1. Clone this repo

    git clone https://github.com/aweiteka/ansible-cfme.git
   

2. Obtain a GitHub Personal API Access Tokens. This is required to download the cfme private repo.

3. Run the playbook:

    ansible-playbook -i inventory -e "github_token=<my_github_token>" site.yml
   

4. Optional: To install VMWare VDDK (will reboot system) ...

    $HOME/install_vddk.sh http://url/to/vmware-vix-disklib.tar
   

5. Start CFME:

    cd /var/www/miq/vmdb
    bin/rake evm:start
   

What the installer does

1. Installs all dependent packages and CFME source
2. Starts postgresql and creates database
3. Installs ruby in rbenv and performs a bundle install
4. Replaces /etc/sysconfig/iptables to manage firewall.

Issues and TODO

• The github hosted ruby gem "net-ldap" returns unidentified UTF8 string during bundle install that Ansible cannot handle. The gemfile is updated to use the vendor gem as a workaround.
• Find a more elegant way to setup ruby environment. Perhaps, ansible modules (rbenv, gem and/or bundle)?
• Support ruby rvm environment.
• This is generally a work in progress.

Please send me feedback at [email protected] with issues or suggestions. Pull requests encouraged!