Ansible Role: serdigital64.network.net_istioctl

Purpose

Manage provisioning of IstioCtl.

Supported features in the current version:

  • Prepare environment for application deployment.
  • Deploy application. Packages are defined in the variable net_istioctl_profiles.

The net_istioctl Ansible-Role is part of the A:Platform64 project and is available in the network Ansible-Collection.

Usage

The following example is an Ansible Playbook that includes all the supported features:

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---
- name: "Network / IstioCtl / Usage example"
  hosts: "localhost"
  gather_facts: true

  tasks:
    - name: "Example: Install IstioCtl"
      vars:
        net_istioctl:
          resolve_prereq: true
          deploy: true
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.network.net_istioctl"
...

The playbook can be run by executing:

# Set ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS to the default location. Change as needed.
ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="${HOME}/.ansible/collections"
ansible-playbook "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/serdigital64/network/playbooks/net_istioctl.yml"

Role Parameters

Actions

  • Use action-parameters to control what tasks are enabled for the role to execute.
  • Parameters should be declared as task level vars as they are intented to be dynamic.
net_istioctl:
  resolve_prereq:
  prepare:
  deploy:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
net_istioctl.resolve_prereq no boolean false Enable automatic resolution of prequisites
net_istioctl.prepare no boolean false Enable environment preparation
net_istioctl.deploy no boolean false Enable installation of application packages

End State

  • Use end-state parameters to define the target state after role execution.
  • Parameters should be declared in host_vars or group_vars as they are intended to be permanent.
net_istioctl_application:
  name:
  type:
  version:
  installed:
net_istioctl_paths:
  root:
net_istioctl_owners:
  root:
    name:
    group:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
net_istioctl_application yes(deploy) dictionary Set application package end state
net_istioctl_application.name yes string "istioctl" Select application package name
net_istioctl_application.type yes string "binary" Select application package type
net_istioctl_application.version yes string "latest" Select application package version
net_istioctl_application.installed yes boolean true Set application package end state
net_istioctl_paths yes(prepare) dictionary Set paths
net_istioctl_paths.root yes string "/opt/istioctl"
net_istioctl_owners yes(prepare) dictionary Define users
net_istioctl_owners.root yes dictionary Define directory structure owner
net_istioctl_owners.root.name yes string "istioctl" Set login name
net_istioctl_owners.root.group yes string "istioctl" Set group name

Deployment

OS Compatibility

The operating system compatibility list is defined in the variable: net_istioctl_platforms

Dependencies

  • Ansible Collections:
    • serdigital64.backup
      • bkp_archive
    • serdigital64.system
      • sys_package
      • sys_repository
      • sys_user

Prerequisites

The Ansible engine must be already installed and configured for privileged access and remote execution.

In addition the following prerequisites can be automatically solved when running the playbook by setting the role action: resolve_prereq: true

  • Package manager for the target application is installed and enabled.

Installation Procedure

Manually install Ansible Collections from the Ansible Galaxy repository:

ansible-galaxy collection install serdigital64.network

Automatic installation is also available by deploying A:Platform64

Contributing

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

Please see the guidelines for further details.

Author

License

Apache-2.0