CGC cloud setup

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This repository contains scripts and data used in managing the configuration of the CGC cloud servers.

Using this repository

1. Get Ansible (pip install -r requirements.txt)

2. Clone this repository.

3. Build or download the VM image in roles/crs/vm/files/cgc-vm.qcow2 (see tester-qemu-docker).

4. Run ansible-playbook

Playbooks

• Setup

  Install and run Kubernetes on CGC nodes:

  ansible-playbook -i inventory/mechaphish/hosts setup.yml -b

  This will setup users, install dependencies and spawn a new Kubernetes instance.

• Teardown

  Use teardown.yml playbook to stop Kubernetes and reset nodes to their original state:

  ansible-playbook -i inventory/mechaphish/hosts teardown.yml -b

• Virtual Competition

  ansible-playbook -i inventory/mechaphish/hosts setup-virtualcompetition.yml -b

• Registry

  ansible-playbook -i inventory/mechaphish/hosts setup-registry.yml -b

Run commands

You can also use the ansible command directly to run tasks on remote hosts:

ansible all -i inventory/mechaphish/hosts -a "uptime"

Adding -vvvv (or --verbose) will get you lots of useful debug info.

Repository structure

setup.yml, teardown.yml, etc.

Top-level ansible playbooks.

roles/

Application-specific configuration.

inventory/

Host or host-group specific configuration. CGC nodes are grouped in different sets. The main inventory lives at inventory/NAME/hosts and host and group variables files live in inventory/NAME/{host,group}_vars.

kubernetes/

Dockerfile and replication controller settings for Kubernetes images.

tools/

• crs: handy script to start/stop crs
• powercontrol.py: poorman IPMI
• virtualcompetition: start/stop virtual-competition
• update-vm-image: install latest components into DECREE VM image. Requires:

  pip install paramiko stopit
  apt-get --no-install-recommends install qemu-kvm
  adduser gitlab-runner kvm

sshp/

List of hosts to use with sshp (requires sshp).

sshp -f sshp/ips.txt uptime

CGC cloud servers

Google Spreadsheet