Ansible Playbook: manage_doc_sites

Purpose

Provision documentation site management tools.

Supported features in the current version:

  • Deploy static site generation tools:
    • MkDocs

Use Cases

Deploy MkDocs tool

  • Verify that target nodes are registered in the inventory file: doc_sites.ini
  • Verify that target tools are selected in the playbook endstate file: manage_doc_sites.yml
  • Run the playbook. Use the -s <SITE> parameter to select the target site.
/opt/aplatform64/bin/ap64.sh -n -p manage_doc_sites -s <SITE>

Playbook Parameters

Inventory

Register the hosts that will consume the service in the Ansible Inventory file:

  • File: inventories/site/doc_sites.ini
  • Host Group: doc_sites

End State

A dedicated group_vars directory is used to store end-state configuration settings for both the playbook and related Ansible Roles.

Set playbook specific settings in the file: inventories/site/group_vars/doc_sites/manage_doc_sites.yml

manage_doc_sites_apps:
  mkdocs:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
manage_doc_sites_apps no dictionary Define what applications will be deployed
manage_doc_sites_apps.mkdocs no boolean true Deploy the application?

Additional role specific settings are available to further customize the playbook:

A:Platform64 role group_vars file
serdigital64.system.sys_repository inventories/site/group_vars/doc_sites/sys_repository.yml

Deployment

OS Compatibility

OS compatibility is role dependant. Please refer to the respective role documentation.

Dependencies

Dependencies in this section are automatically solved during the installation process.

  • Ansible Collections:
    • serdigital64.backup
    • serdigital64.system
    • serdigital64.

Prerequisites

  • Ansible:
    • Control Node: A:Platform64 installed and configured
    • Managed Nodes: target hosts prepared for A:Platform64 control

Installation Procedure

The playbook is automatically deployed during the A:Platform64 installation process

Contributing

Help on implementing new features and maintaining the code base is welcomed.

Please see the guidelines for further details.

Author

License

GPL-3.0-or-later