Variables
There are a bunch of variables that ansible / Scale expects. You can create a file that is chock full of variables and call that specifically. The official documentation has all the available options. Here is an example of vars.yaml:
#vars global variables
scale_user: ansible # user is created on hypercore and remaining tasks execute using this user
scale_pass: YourAnsibleUserPasswords # be default ansible masks out what it think is passwords - so using simple password can conflict with VM names - etc.
scale_admin_user: admin # default scale admin
scale_admin_pass: admin # default scale admin pw
SC_AUTH_METHOD: local
cluster_configuration:
name: Store{{ store_number }} # Your cluster naming convention
registration:
company_name: Fictituous Company Name # Your company name for cluster registration
contact: Fictitious IT # Contact Name
phone: 410-555-1212 # Contact Phone
email: Alerts@fictcomp.com # Alert emails
dns:
server_ips: "{{ store_network }}.193" # DNS Server for the cluster- We can set the store network in the inventory!
search_domains: []
time_server: pool.ntp.org # NTP Server - Make sure its routable with your DNS if FQDN
time_zone: US/Eastern # Time zone
smtp:
auth_username: smtp@relayemail.com # SMTP Relay email
auth_password: SecurePass$$Word # SMTP Relay emailpw
server: smtp.office.com
port: 587
use_ssl: true
from_address: smtp@relayemail.com # From address
email_alerts:
- Alerts@fictcomp.com # Email Address that you'd like to receive email alerts
- PFM@scalecomputing.com # Super Secret beta monitoring
So thats that. Now, we haven’t declared {{ store_number }} or {{ store_network }} but we can do that in the inventory. Open up your production-inventory.yaml and add that stuff!
all:
hosts:
"001" :
ansible_host: 10.2.1.98
store_number: 001
store_network: 10.2.1.
"002" :
ansible_host: 10.2.2.98
store_number: 002
store_network: 10.2.2.
"003" :
ansible_host: 10.2.3.98
store_number: 003
store_network: 10.2.3.
"004" :
ansible_host: 10.2.4.98
store_number: 004
store_network: 10.2.4.
"005" :
ansible_host: 10.2.5.98
store_number: 005
store_network: 10.2.5.