MicroShift OSBuild Automation

This repository is a a set of playbooks to automate the OSBuild host preparation.

The repository content is based on the workflow described in this blogpost. Thanks to Ben Schmaus for the detailed informations.

Creation of RHEL 8 build node VM

To deploy the VM on Linux with KVM/Libvirt, download the RHEL 8.7 qcow2 image file from the official RHEL download page.

With the virt-customize tool, customize the image to disable the cloud-init service and add a root password:

$ virt-customize -a <qcow2 image file name> --root-password password:<password> --uninstall cloud-init

To import the VM use the virt-manager console or the virt-install CLI. The following example shows how to import the VM from command line:

$ sudo  virt-install \
  --name rhel8-osbuild \
  --memory 4096 \
  --vcpus 2 \
  --disk /path/to/imported/disk.qcow2,size=20 \
  --import \
  --os-variant rhel8.7

IMPORTANT The imported disk must have a total size of at least 20GiB and a minimum available size of 16GiB to allow sufficiente space for the builds.

Customize variables

The vars.yaml file contains all the variables used in the project. Customize paths, passwords, secrets and tokens with your values.

Generate offline token

First, obtain a valid offline token from Red Hat. To generate it, go to https://access.redhat.com/management/api and click on the GENERATE TOKEN button.

Set the api_token variable in the vars.yaml file with the obtained token.

Update pull secret

In order to correctly pull images, Microshift needs a pull secret that is injected in the image. To inject a valid pull secret, download it from the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console and assigh it to the pull_secret variable.

Full build lifecycle

The main.yaml file recalls all the necessary playbooks, in the exact order, to prepare the build node, build the Microshift container image and create the final RHDE ISO.

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml main.yaml

Preparation of the build node

To prepare the build node launch the 00-prepare-build-node.yaml. This playbook configures the build node for MicroShift builds.

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 00-prepare-build-node.yaml

The preparation process will take quite a long time to sync the Microshift local repo, be patient.

Build the Microshift release

To build the Microshift release in a container image launche the 01-build-microshift-image.yaml.

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 01-build-microshift-image.yaml

Create the final RHDE ISO

To create a bootable, ZTP capable RHDE ISO, launch the 02-create-rhde-iso.yaml playbook:

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 02-create-rhde-iso.yaml

Authors

Gianni Salinetti gsalinet@redhat.com

giannisalinetti/microshift-osbuild