alexandruanghel/rax_cbd

Ansible module for Rackspace Cloud Big Data

rax_cbd

create / delete / resize a Rackspace Cloud Big Data cluster

This is an Ansible module that allows to create, resize and delete a Rackspace Cloud Big Data cluster. It can wait for the cluster to be built (configurable) and offers a variety of configurable options.

Prerequisites

• python-lavaclient module for Cloud Big Data has to be installed: http://docs.rackspace.com/cbd/api/v1.0/cbd-getting-started/content/installing_Client.html

• pyrax Python module: https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax

  Also recommended is to run pip install oslo.config netifaces.

• It uses the standard pyrax credentials file that looks like:

  [rackspace_cloud]
  username = my_username
  api_key = 01234567890abcdef
  

  This file will be referenced in group_vars/all (the rax_credentials_file variable).

  By default, the file is expected to be: ~/.raxpub

How to use it

Being a custom Ansible module, it can be used in a couple of different ways:

• put the file in a library folder under the structure of your cookbook (like in this example playbook)
• have ANSIBLE_LIBRARY environment variable to point to the folder where the module resides

Example run:

• Customize the cluster settings via the group_vars/all file.

• Run:

  ansible-playbook -i inventory cbd.yml