SkeltonThatcher/vagrant-rancher

Vagrant files to create a Rancher server and host environment for local development

Vagrant files to create a Rancher server and host environment for local development

Requirements

• Vagrant (with Virtualbox plugin)
• Virtualbox

Tested using the following desktop deployment environments

• Ubuntu 17.04 (Desktop)
• macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (Desktop)

Tested using the following Rancher, Vagrant and Docker versions

• Rancher Server v1.6.7
• Rancher Agent v1.2.6
• CentOS 7 (Vagrantbox)
• Docker-CE v17.06.0

Usage Instructions

1. Clone the repo
2. Run sudo vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest (to ensure host/guest VBox additions are matched)
3. Run vagrant up from within /server
4. After the instance is launched wait for 3-4 minutes until the Rancher server is up
5. Access the Rancher sever at http://192.168.50.50:8080
6. Go to infrastructure > hosts > add host
7. Accept the default host reg URL
8. Copy the (long) host reg string
9. Update the entry in host.sh with the new token (i.e 08E7A124D98AB02233F1:1483142400000:rBrLKo9bzo1qSZfeu1I3UrsXc8)
10. Run vagrant up from within /host
11. Check the new host has launched and registered in the Rancher server

Note 1: To persist the environment prior to PC or laptop suspend and/or shutdown/reboot:

Either..

• Pause both the server and host nodes from within the Virtualbox UI

Or..

• (Recommended) Issue a vagrant suspend for both /server and /host, followed by a vagrant resume.

Note 2: Guest to Host time sync:

To keep the guest time in sync with the host after a suspend/resume, ensure that Virtualbox Guest Additions are installed and update the locale string for /usr/share/zoneinfo in the Vagrantfile(s) for both server and host (This is currently set to /Europe/London).