Building a Server and deploying Application using Ansible Playbooks.

This repos will use Ansible to open docker based web site container on remote machine. Remote machine will have nginx proxy in front of container

Directory Layout

production # inventory file for production servers stage # inventory file for stage environment

group_vars/ group1 # here we assign variables to particular groups group2 # "" host_vars/ hostname1 # if systems need specific variables, put them here hostname2 # ""

library/ # if any custom modules, put them here (optional) filter_plugins/ # if any custom filter plugins, put them here (optional)

playbooks/
bootstrap.yml # playbook for bootstrap a server docker.yml # playbook for docker shell command, include start, stop... roles/ docker/ tasks/ main.yml update/ tasks/ main.yml nginx/ tasks/ main.yml

roles/ common/ # this hierarchy represents a "role" tasks/ # main.yml # <-- tasks file can include smaller files if warranted handlers/ # main.yml # <-- handlers file templates/ # <-- files for use with the template resource ntp.conf.j2 # <------- templates end in .j2 files/ # bar.txt # <-- files for use with the copy resource foo.sh # <-- script files for use with the script resource vars/ # main.yml # <-- variables associated with this role defaults/ # main.yml # <-- default lower priority variables for this role meta/ # main.yml # <-- role dependencies

webtier/              # same kind of structure as "common" was above, done for the webtier role
monitoring/           # ""
fooapp/               # ""

Command

Bootstrap a server

0. Put your public key into task related file

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> playbooks/roles/init/files/authorized_keys

1. Initialize ansible user in remote server(need root password)

ansible-playbook -k init.yml --extra-vars="target=your-host deployer=remote-user-name"

2. Install package we need(use another user)

ansible-playbook -i production playbooks/bootstrap.yml --user={remote-user-account} --ask-sudo-pass

Site releated commands

1. Create a site

ansible-playbook -k -i {inventory} playbooks/docker.yml --user={remote-user-account} --ask-sudo-pass --extra-vars "DOMAIN={example.com} PORT_WWW={8001} PORT_DB={10001} REPOS={netivism/docker-wheezy-php55} PASSWD={db1234}" --tags=start

2. Restart a site

ansible-playbook -k -i {inventory} playbooks/docker.yml --user={remote-user-account} --ask-sudo-pass --extra-vars "DOMAIN={example.com}" --tags=restart