Ansible playbooks for base VM setup

Live example

Ansible

Ansible playbook run inside docker container ansible-runner, with installed ansible packages and galaxy collections.

1. Build ansible runner first before running playbooks
2. Run make _build-ansible-runner: this will created image with ansible inside.

Local testing of playbooks with Ubuntu

• inside local directory
• make _init-ubuntu : this will create 4 local ubuntu VMs and local inventory file

Check local Makefile recipes for local playbook commands

Base VM setup Playbooks:

• make ping: to check if connection works
• make play-ping: run roles/base/ping to check group/hosts vars, facts, etc
• make play-base: basic VM setup (packages): git, docker, etc.

Project specific VM setup Playbooks:

• make play-project-nginx: install nginx and add project hosts
• make play-project-backend: deploy project backend
• make play-project-ssh: add SSH authorized keys

Local testing of playbooks with Debian 12

• inside local directory
• make _init-debian-12 : this will create 4 local Debian 12 VMs and local inventory file

Check local Makefile recipes for local playbook commands

Base VM setup Playbooks:

• make ping: to check if connection works
• make play-ping: run roles/base/ping to check group/hosts vars, facts, etc
• make play-base: basic VM setup (packages): git, docker, etc.

Project specific VM setup Playbooks:

• make play-project-nginx: install nginx and add project hosts
• make play-project-backend: deploy project backend
• make play-project-ssh: add SSH authorized keys

Execute playbooks on remote host

Update ./inventory/remote/remote.ini

• add remote VM IP address and other configs (if needed)

Run Playbooks

• check Makefile recipes for playbook commands