ceph-deploy-popper

Installation

1. Install:

• git
• docker
• base64
• popper

2. Setup your CloudLab environment variables.
3. `git clone https://github.com/KDahlgren/ceph-deploy-popper.git
4. cd ceph-deploy-popper
5. popper run

Setting Up CloudLab Environment Variables

Running popper on CloudLab requires specifying a number of environment variables local to the machine executing the popper run command.

Variables	Description
ANSIBLE_SSH_KEY_DATA	Allows the machines in the cluster to communicate (piped through base64)
GENI_PROJECT	The name of the project requesting resources (in plain text)
GENI_USERNAME	Your CloudLab username (piped through base64)
GENI_PASSWORD	Your CloudLab password (in plain text)
GENI_PUBKEY_DATA	The public key used to ssh between your machine and CloudLab (through base64)
GENI_CERT_DATA	Your CloudLab pem file (through base64)
GENI_KEY_PASSPHRASE	Your password again (in plain text)

Example Lines in Bash:

export ANSIBLE_SSH_KEY_DATA=$(cat ~/.ssh/cloudlab_kat \| base64) ;
export GENI_PROJECT='Skyhook' ;
export GENI_USERNAME=$(cat ~/popper_stuff/geni_username.txt \| base64) ;
export GENI_PASSWORD='<insert your cloudlab password here>' ; #yeah it feels weird =\
export GENI_PUBKEY_DATA=$(cat ~/.ssh/cloudlab_kat.pub \| base64) ;
export GENI_CERT_DATA=$(cat ~/.ssh/cloudlab.pem \| base64) ; #you get this from cloudlab when you sign up
export GENI_KEY_PASSPHRASE='<insert your cloudlab password here>' ; #yes...you're inputting it again.