The following role builds images for fleet manager.
- Ansible
- A Red hat user account
- Get offline token
- An SSH Public Key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa- install ansible collections
ansible-galaxy collection install -r collections/requirements.yml
| Type | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| rh_offline_authentication_api_bearer_token | offline Token for API Acccess | rh_api_offline_token |
| rh_authentication_basic_username | RHEL username | username |
| rh_authentication_basic_password | RHEL Password | password |
| ssh_pub_key | Public SSH key | "ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" |
| device_group_name | Name of device Group | "my-device-name-group" |
| image_name | Name of image | "test-image" |
| username | Name of user of target edge device | "admin" |
| distribution | RHEL Build distribution | "rhel-86" |
| description | Descrition of image | "sample description" |
| packages | example package list to be installed on image | "curl net-tools podman tar bind-utils git" |
| arch | RHEL architecture for taget enviornments | "x86_64" |
| rhc_org_id | RHEL ORG ID used to register devices | "your_rhc_org_id" |
| rhc_activation_key | RHEL activation Key used to register devices | "your_rhc_activation_key" |
| os_variant | OS variant target for KVM testing | "rhel8.6" |
- Ansible
- hosts: localhost
remote_user: root
roles:
- rhel-edge-mangement-role
cat >your_vars.yml<<EOF
---
rh_offline_authentication_api_bearer_token: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXc"
rh_authentication_basic_username: login@example.com
rh_authentication_basic_password: yourpassword
ssh_pub_key: "ssh-rsa XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
create_device_name_group: true
device_group_name: "my-device-name-group"
create_image: true
#########################################################
## image atrributes
image_name: "imagename"
username: "admin"
distribution: "rhel-86"
description: "sample description"
packages: 'curl net-tools podman tar bind-utils git'
arch: "x86_64"
rhc_org_id: "your_rhc_org_id"
rhc_activation_key: "your_rhc_activation_key"
EOF
To Deploy
ansible-playbook -i inventory myplaybook.yml --extra-vars "@your_vars.yml"
Create device group on the redhat console website
ansible-playbook -i inventory myplaybook.yml --extra-vars "@your_vars.yml" - -t create_device_group
Create and build rhel image on redhat console.
ansible-playbook -i inventory myplaybook.yml --extra-vars "@your_vars.yml" -t build_image
Wait for build to complete
ansible-playbook -i inventory myplaybook.yml --extra-vars "@your_vars.yml" -t get_build_status
Download ISO from redhat console
ansible-playbook -i inventory myplaybook.yml --extra-vars "@your_vars.yml" -t download_latest_iso
Auto register vms so they will populate on
ansible-playbook -i inventory myplaybook.yml --extra-vars "@your_vars.yml" -t configure_auto_registration
- Update images
- custom kickstart integration
https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/edge
- https://github.com/tosin2013/rhel-edge-management
- Create RHEL for Edge images and configure automated management
- Working with systems in the edge management application
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Tosin Akinosho