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ARA records Ansible playbook runs and makes the recorded data available and intuitive for users and systems.
ARA doesn't run your playbooks for you: it integrates with Ansible as a callback plugin wherever it is.
Whether you are running Ansible from your personal laptop or a server, all
you need to do is to install ARA
, configure Ansible to use ARA
and
you're good to go.
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.. _install ARA: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html .. _configure Ansible to use ARA: http://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
::
# Install ARA
pip install ara
# Make Ansible use the ARA callback plugin regardless of python version
export ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS="$(python -c 'import os,ara; print(os.path.dirname(ara.__file__))')/plugins/callbacks"
# Run your playbook
# ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml
# Start the ARA standalone webserver
ara-manage runserver
# Browse http://127.0.0.1:9191
Refer to the documentation_ for more information.
.. _documentation: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
ARA has four main components:
Ansible callback plugin
_ to record playbook runs into a local or remote databaseCLI client
_ to query the databasedynamic, database-driven web interface
that can also be generated and served from static files
.. _ARA: https://github.com/openstack/ara .. _Ansible: https://www.ansible.com/ .. _Ansible callback plugin: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#ansible .. _ara_record: http://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#using-the-ara-record-module .. _ara_read: http://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#using-the-ara-read-module .. _CLI client: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#querying-the-database-with-the-cli .. _dynamic, database-driven web interface: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#what-does-the-web-interface-look-like .. _generated and served from static files: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#generating-a-static-html-version-of-the-web-application
A video preview and explanation of the web interface is available on YouTube, featuring playbook runs from the OpenStack-Ansible project.
Otherwise, screenshots highlighting some of ARA's features are available in
the frequently asked questions
_
.. _YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3i8VPCanGo .. _OpenStack-Ansible: https://github.com/openstack/openstack-ansible .. _the frequently asked questions: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#interface-preview
The ARA community hangs out on IRC, Slack and Discord.
All three chats are seamlessly linked to each other so you can use your preferred client to come chat with us !
IRC
irc.freenode.net
_Slack
Slack invitation <https://join.slack.com/t/ara-community/shared_invite/MjMxNzI4ODAxMDQxLTE1MDM4MDEzMTEtNzU1NTUwMTcyOQ>
_Discord
Discord invitation <https://discord.gg/z2SGdc9>
_.. _irc.freenode.net: https://webchat.freenode.net/
Contributions to ARA are definitely welcome and much appreciated !
ARA does not use GitHub for issues or pull requests.
ARA uses the OpenStack infrastructure for code hosting and review as well as project and bug/issue tracking.
The contributor documentation
_ will get you started quickly if you need help
contributing !
You might also be interested in reading the project manifesto_ in order to have a good understanding of the project's core values and philosophy.
.. _contributor documentation: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html .. _manifesto: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manifesto.html
Frequently asked questions
and documentation on how to install, configure,
use to ARA is available on readthedocs.io
_.
.. _Frequently asked questions: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html .. _install: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html .. _configure: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html .. _use: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html
.. _readthedocs.io: https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
See contributors on GitHub_.
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/openstack/ara/graphs/contributors
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Copyright (c) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
ARA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
ARA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with ARA. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.