Skadi Pack 01: Automation

Installing Skadi Pack: Automation

Download and execute the installation script with the following commands

wget -O /tmp/automation.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orlikoski/Skadi/main/scripts/automation.sh
bash /tmp/automation.sh

This installation will do the following:

• Create new group automationadmin
• Create new user ottomate and add to automationadmin group
  • ottomate is disabled from authenticating with password (must use key pair)
  • ottomate is used to execute all items related to automation (gRPC and SSH options)
• Install all Skadi automation files to /var/lib/automation
• Setup automation log file in /var/log/automation/skadi_automation.log
• Configure Systemd service grpc_automation.service to control the gRPC automation
• Add UFW firewall rule to allow port 10101 from anywhere to use with gRPC service
  NOTE: Highly recommended to restrict this to just the automation server

Post Installation

• Refer to Skadi wiki for remaining items required to use a RSA keypair for SSH based automation

gRPC Server Automation Instructions

• Use sudo systemctl status grpc_automation to verify service is running
• Use tail -f /var/log/automation/skadi_automation.log to check the automation engine rc.py logs
• Use sudo journalctl -f -u grpc_automation to check the gRPC automation service rc_server.py logs

To verify Automation is working run the following:

/usr/bin/python /var/lib/automation/rc_client.py localhost -h

gRPC Client Automation Instructions

• Use the files in /var/lib/automation and specifically /var/lib/automation/rc_client.py to send automation commands to Skadi
• Usage: /usr/bin/python rc_client.py <server IP address or routable domain name> <commands to send to rc_server.py>