DataSHIELD Ansible Deploy (dev branch)

Ansible Playbook for Installing/Updating DataSHIELD (Opal) servers.

Minimum Set-up

Clone this repository.
Install Ansible, if you do not already have it.
Next, install dependencies by running $ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml.
This playbook assumes a host group called DSServer (abbreviation for DataSHIELD Server).
Copy the inventory/hosts.template file into a new inventory/hosts file and modify to add in your own hosts.

There should be no file extension at the end of inventory/hosts. Make sure not to save as inventory/hosts.txt

Copy the inventory/group_vars/DSservers.template.yml file into a new inventory/group_vars/DSservers.template.yml and make sure to modify variables to your own liking.
Run with ansible-playbook playbooks/setup.yml -i inventory -K from inside datashield-ansible-deploy.
Enter root password when prompted with BECOME: by requesting it from your IT admin.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that your Database is registered to Opal once installation completes. See discussion here.
- URL should be mongodb://localhost:27017/opal_data?authSource=admin
- user/pass should match secrets provided in inventory.

Ansible can run on virtually anything modern, but it is important that your host machines are configured properly.

If you would like to use hosts with aliases you should modify your ssh config file. This is a file on the machine you run Ansible from, not on your hosts.
Add the following to your ~/.ssh/config directory.

Host [Alias]
  HostName [ADDRESS]
  Port [PORT]
  User [USER]
  PubkeyAuthentication yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

(or possibly some different IdentityFile)

To report a bug or make a suggestion you can open issues on GitHub.