Presented by Christian Stankowic at the 2020-06-26 Uyuni Community Hours

1. //DEPLOYING UYUNI
WITH ANSIBLE
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2. //WHOAMI
> Christian Stankowic
> Senior System Engineer at SVA (german system integrator)
> Linux, Unix, Virtualization, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code
> Spacewalk user since version 2.0
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3. //WHY ANSIBLE? SUSE LOVES SALT!
> Yes, you're right and we like Salt, too
> But many $customers love Ansible
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4. //WHY ANSIBLE? SUSE LOVES SALT!
> Yes, you're right and we like Salt, too
> But many $customers love Ansible
> Market shares still show a leading position for Ansible*
> Salt is adopting and a strong performer
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5. //WHY ANSIBLE? SUSE LOVES SALT!
> Yes, you're right and we like Salt, too
> But many $customers love Ansible
> Market shares still show a leading position for Ansible*
> Salt is adopting and a strong performer
> Uyuni also supports Ansible via Salt using ansiblegate
> Having an automatic deployment would be handy..
* see Forrester reports from 2018 and 2019
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6. //PLAYBOOK
The Ansible role stdevel.uyuni is able to:
> con gure LVM, lesystems and mountpoints
> con gure rewall
> de ne SSL certi cate information
> create organization administrator account
> download, install and con gure CEFS* and DEFS
> create and synchronize so ware channels
* Kudos to Steve Meier!
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7. //UYUNI
---
- hosts: uyuni.giertz.loc
become: true
roles:
- role: stdevel.uyuni
setup_cefs: true
setup_cefs_cronjob: true
channels:
- {"name": "centos7", "arch": "x86_64"}
- {"name": "centos7-updates", "arch": "x86_64"}
Simple playbook for installing Uyuni and con guring channels
$ ansible-playbook deploy_uyuni.yml
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8. //SUSE MANAGER
Deploying SUSE Manager 4.x is also possible:
---
- hosts: mgmt.pinkepank.ltd
remote_user: root
become: true
roles:
- role: stdevel.uyuni
scc_reg_code: DERP1337LULZ
scc_mail: bla@foo.bar
SUSE Customer Center registration code and mail address.
$ ansible-playbook deploy_suma.yml
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9. //CONCLUSION
> Planned features:
> Proxy installation
> Custom SSL certi cate support
> Uyuni Hub support (once stable)
> Feel free to use and test the role
> Available on Ansible Galaxy and GitHub
> Feel free to report bugs!
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10. QUESTIONS?
(PLEASE WAKE UP NOW)
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