- Open wsl and generate an ssh key pair for ansible and (if it doesn't exist yet) a key pair for interactive ssh logons
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/ansible_ed25519 -N ""
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -N ""
- Upgrade your local ansible installation to get the latest tool and plugin versions
sudo apt-get update && time sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
- Mount the ansible playbook folder with metadata support (see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/chmod-chown-wsl-improvements/)
sudo mkdir /mnt/ansible
sudo mount -t drvfs [Deployment scripts folder] /mnt/ansible -o metadata
# e.g.
sudo mount -t drvfs C:/Users/email_000/source/DeploymentScripts/ /mnt/ansible -o metadata
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Download the latest Raspberry Pi OS lite image from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ and extract it to an SD card using etcher or get the Raspberry Pi Imager and create use that.
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Once the SD card has been set up, create an empty file called ssh without any file extension in the root of the boot partition.
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Put the sd card into the raspberry and power it on.
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Connect to the pi with user pi and user raspberry to verify that the installation worked. Disconnect again.
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Open hosts and add a new host entry for the raspberry. Set ansible_hosts for the entry to the target IP address, not the current one.
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Run the raspi-bootstrap runbook to create a user for ansible.
cd /mnt/ansible
ansible-playbook raspi-bootstrap.yml --inventory ./inventories/production --ask-pass --extra-vars 'ansible_user=pi target=<ansible host>'
# When setting up a new pihole or if dns is not working the ansible_host parameter needs to be provided as well
ansible-playbook raspi-bootstrap.yml --inventory ./inventories/production --ask-pass --extra-vars 'ansible_user=pi target=<ansible host> ansible_host=<current ip>'
- Verify that the setup succeeded by running
ansible <ansible hostname> -m setup --inventory ./inventories/production
- Check the variables and list of users to create in
group_vars/raspi.yml - Run the playbook
cd /mnt/ansible
ansible-playbook --inventory ./inventories/production <Playbook>.yml
# the initial setup for a pihole should be limited to a specific target and may need their current IP provided. Afterwards the playbook can be executed normally
ansible-playbook --inventory ./inventories/production pihole.yml --limit <target host> --extra-vars 'ansible_host=<current raspberry IP> target_ip=<target IP>'
- Install the unraid server
- Go to Settings > Management Access and change the http port to something other than 80 if you want to use traefik as reverse proxy
- Set up and start the array
- Enable ssh in the unraid settings
- Log in to unraid, go to Users > root
- Copy the both public keys into the SSH authorized keys section
- Install the python3 package from the apps section
- Update the ansible_python_interpreter variable in inventories/[environment]/unraid.yml to point to the installed /usr/bin/pythonXX version
- Install the Docker Compose Manager package from the apps section
- Check the variables and list of users to create in
inventories/[environment]/group_vars/unraid.yml - Test the connection to the unraid server
cd /mnt/ansible
ansible unraid --inventory ./inventories/production -m ping
- Run the playbook
cd /mnt/ansible
ansible-playbook --inventory ./inventories/production unraid.yml