Problem statement:<\/p>\n
Install Infoscale on fifty (50) nodes without copying chunky tar.gz to all of them.<\/p>\n
I had an issue some time ago. I needed to install the Infoscale on a large number of nodes and I did not want to do it manually. I like my coffee.<\/p>\n
How to approach that problem \u2013 create a repository and install required packages using Ansible playbook.<\/p>\n
So let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n
1.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>I will skip how to install and configure apache server but for your knowledge \u2013 once you install httpd on the server, the default path apache is checking is \/var<\/em>\/www\/html \u2014<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Add \/etc\/hosts entry<\/p>\n lineinfile:<\/p>\n path: \/etc\/hosts<\/p>\n line: \u201c172.16.36.102 centos\u201d<\/p>\n owner: root<\/p>\n group: root<\/p>\n mode: 0644<\/p>\n seuser: system_u<\/p>\n setype: net_conf_t<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Deploy the VRTS repo for Red Hat 7<\/p>\n yum_repository:<\/p>\n name: veritas<\/p>\n description: Veritas YUM repo<\/p>\n baseurl: http:\/\/centos\/rh7-rpms\/<\/p>\n file: veritas_repo<\/p>\n gpgcheck: yes<\/p>\n enabled: yes<\/p>\n gpgkey: http:\/\/centos\/rh7-rpms\/RPM-GPG-KEY-veritas-infoscale7<\/p>\n enablegroups: yes<\/p>\n when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Deploy the VRTS repo for Red Hat 6<\/p>\n yum_repository:<\/p>\n name: veritas<\/p>\n description: Veritas YUM repo<\/p>\n baseurl: http:\/\/centos\/rh6-rpms\/<\/p>\n file: veritas_repo<\/p>\n gpgcheck: yes<\/p>\n enabled: yes<\/p>\n gpgkey: http:\/\/centos\/rh6-rpms\/RPM-GPG-KEY-veritas-infoscale7<\/p>\n enablegroups: yes<\/p>\n when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 6<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Create another playbook which the only goal is to install the packages. For example:<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Verify if the repo and group exist<\/p>\n shell: $( which yum ) grouplist ENTERPRISE73<\/p>\n register: repocheck<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Install Veritas Packages<\/p>\n yum:<\/p>\n name: \u2018@ENTERPRISE73\u2019<\/p>\n state: latest<\/p>\n when: repocheck.rc == 0<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Create another playbook which the only goal is to install the packages. For example:<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Verify if the add_install_scripts exists<\/p>\n stat:<\/p>\n path: \/opt\/VRTS\/install\/bin\/UXRT73\/add_install_scripts<\/p>\n register: scriptstate<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Run the script to deploy the installer script<\/p>\n shell: \/opt\/VRTS\/install\/bin\/UXRT73\/add_install_scripts<\/p>\n register: status<\/p>\n when: scriptstate.stat.exists<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Verify if the installer script exists<\/p>\n stat:<\/p>\n path: \/opt\/VRTS\/install\/installer<\/p>\n register: installerstate<\/p>\n 8.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Make sure the product is properly licensed. Nowadays most of the installation are KEYLESS installation:<\/p>\n \u2014-<\/p>\n \u2013 name: License the Enterprise Version using Keyless method<\/p>\n shell: \/opt\/VRTS\/bin\/vxkeyless set ENTERPRISE -q<\/p>\n register: licstate<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Verify the state of the license<\/p>\n debug:<\/p>\n msg: \u201cLicense has been successfully set on {{ inventory_hostname }}\u201d<\/p>\n when: licstate.rc == 0<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Verify the state of the license<\/p>\n debug:<\/p>\n msg: \u201cLicense has not been successfully set on {{ inventory_hostname }}\u201d<\/p>\n when: licstate.rc == 1<\/p>\n failed_when: licstate.rc == 1<\/p>\n 9.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Reference all the playbooks in one playbook or if you want to elaborate, convert them into a role and use tags for your convenience. This is a quick and dirty way of speeding up the work:<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Install Infoscale 7.3<\/p>\n hosts: all<\/p>\n tasks:<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Include vrts_repo.yml<\/p>\n include: vrts_repo.yml<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Include vrts_install.yml<\/p>\n include: vrts_install.yml<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Include vrts_license.yml<\/p>\n include: vrts_license.yml<\/p>\n \u2013 name: Include vrts_config.yml<\/p>\n include: vrts_config.yml<\/p>\n 10.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Configure the inventory and run the playbook. Sit back and relax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Problem statement: Install Infoscale on fifty (50) nodes without copying chunky tar.gz to all of them. I had an issue some time ago. I needed to install the Infoscale on a large number of nodes and I did not want to do it manually. I like my coffee. 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2.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Get the Infoscale package and untar it
3.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Copy the directory (or directories if you are planning to install Infoscale on RHEL 6.x) to \/var<\/em>\/www\/html
4.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Ensure that the apache has privileges to read the files
5.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Create a small Ansible Playbook to create the repo on the host where the Infoscale supposed to be installed. For example:<\/p>\n