Milestone 7.2 Ansibilizing Ubuntu Servers - absentee-neptune/SYS-480 GitHub Wiki

Basically, this is the same process as 7.1, though configuring the network for an ubuntu system is completely different than centOS, so a different configuration method is needed

Before moving on, download the ubuntu-server iso from the foster-synology share and create a base VM of the system using the same methods we have done for the other base VMs

Deploying Ubuntu 1-2

Using cloner.ps1 and cloner.json from Milestone 6, deploy two linked clones of ubuntu.20.04.base on the BLUE8_LAN network
links to files:
- cloner.ps1
- cloner.json

Getting the IP Addresses

Using the getIP() function created in utility.ps1, get the IPs of the deployed Ubuntu systems, and put them in an Ansible file under [ubuntu_server]. This is so that, using ansible, we can check the connection by pinging the systems.
- command to ping systems using Ansible:
  - ansible ubuntu_server -m ping -i ansible_provision_7.txt -u deployer --ask-pass
links to files:
- utility.ps1
- ansible_provision_7.txt

Checking the DHCP Leases

ssh into fw-blue8 to review the DHCP service:
- show dhcp server statistics
- show dhcp server leases

Ansible Scripts

Make sure the appropriate IP addresses are added to the Ansible Provisioning files for the appropriate connection

Two Ansible Scripts are to be created:
- One to push the public key of xubuntu-wan to the deployed Ubuntu machines to allow password-less log-ins
  - push-public-key.yml
  - ansible_provision_7.txt
  - command to use the script:
    - ansible-playbook -i ./ansible_provision_7.txt -u deployer -K --ask-pass push-public-key.yml
- Another to change the network settings of the deployed Ubuntu machines to static IP addresses using the proper configurations
  - ifcg-script.j2
  - ubuntu-networking.yml
  - ansible_provision_7_networking.txt
  - command to use the script:
    - ansible-playbook -i ./ansible_provision_7_networking.txt -u deployer -K --ask-pass ubuntu-networking.yml