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Ansible to install Flocker

https://github.com/ClusterHQ/ansible-role-flocker

Pre-req

Need ansible (mac OSX)

  1. brew install ansible #(or pip install ansible)

Next

  1. Place agent.yml, inventory, playbook.yml in a directory.

  2. Turn off host key checking (for yes/no answering)

cat ~/.ansible.cfg
[defaults]
host_key_checking = False
  1. Configure agent.yml appropriate for the nodes you will be installing on (example for AWS)
cat agent.yml
control-service: {hostname: ec2-your-control-node-vm-ip.amazonaws.com, port: 4524}
dataset: {access_key_id: YOUR_KEY, backend: aws, region: YOUR_REGION, secret_access_key: YOUR_SECRET_KEY,
  zone: YOUR_ZONE}
version: 1 
  1. Configure the inventory correctly with IPs
cat inventory
[flocker_control_service]
1.2.3.4

[flocker_docker_plugin]
4.5.6.7
4.5.6.8

[flocker_agents]
4.5.6.7
4.5.6.8

[nodes:children]
flocker_control_service
flocker_agents
flocker_docker_plugin
  1. Configure the ansible playbook appropriately with correct OS, options etc. (example for CentOS Nodes)
cat playbook.yml
---
- hosts: nodes
  user: centos
  roles:
    - role: marvinpinto.docker
      sudo: true
    - role: ClusterHQ.flocker
(optional params below)
      flocker_cluster_name: my_flocker_cluster
      flocker_api_cert_name: plugin
      flocker_install_docker_plugin: true
      flocker_local_tempdir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/certs"
  1. Run the ansible script. (make sure ansible galaxy installed with flocker playbook)
ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml    \
   --private-key="/Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/<YOUR_AWS_KEY>.pem" \
   --extra-vars="flocker_agent_yml_path=agent.yml"
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