Ansible & Cloudomation

In this repository you find some boilerplate scripts to demonstrate a possibility of integrating Ansible and Cloudomation.

The demonstration aims for Cloudomation users who already have Ansible playbooks and

• are looking for a way to embed them in a bigger automation landscape.

• want to orchestrate Ansible runs.

Setup

This example assumes you

• have an Ansible master host set up

• have a host available where apache2 will be set up and configured

To get started, copy the content of github-sync.py to a new flow script and execute it. The flow script will then sync all needed files into your Cloudomation client.

Content

ansible-host-template.yaml

will be synced as a setting record to your Cloudomation client. You should duplicate that setting and provide credentials for your ansible master host.

ansible-play.py

will be synced as a flow script to your Cloudomation client. This flow script enables you to conveniently start Ansible playbooks from Cloudomation.

ansible-test.py

will be synced as a flow script to your Cloudomation client. This flow script will call the ansible-play flow script to setup apache2 on a host.

client.webhook.ansible-test.yaml

will be synced as a setting record to your Cloudomation client. This setting activates a Cloudomation webhook which can be used to execute the ansible-test flow script using a HTTP request.

The webhook endpoint will be available via the url

https://cloudomation.com/api/1/webhook/<your client name>/ansible-test

client.webhook.github-push.yaml

will be synced as a setting record to your Cloudomation client. This setting activates a Cloudomation webhook which can be used by GitHub to execute the github-sync flow script every time a repository receives a push event.

The webhook endpoint will be available via the url

https://cloudomation.com/api/1/webhook/<your client name>/github-push

Please check out Creating Webhooks for instructions on how to register the webhook in GitHub.

github-sync.py

will be synced as a flow script to your Cloudomation client. This flow script will sync the content of this repository into your Cloudomation client.

index.html.j2

a minimal template for the demonstration page which apache2 will display.

README.md

this file.

test-site.conf.j2

the template for the apache2 configuration.

verify-apache.yaml

an Ansible playbook which ensures apache2 is installed, up-to-date, running, and configured.