BBB

BBB == Big Bang Base

A common development environment when working with multiple individules.

1. Goal

   Create a consistant way to spin up virtual development environments so developers do not need a shared development environment. In the past we would create a jumpbox that all the developers would log into. From that jumpbox you would then connect to a shared servers.

   That setup worked for awhile but now virtualization allows us to work remotely and not step on each other. Changes in my virtual machines are my problem alone.

   If a developer wants to work on a problem I'm experincing in my virtual environment they can. They will beable to duplicate the development.

   • Operating System

     • Kernel version

   • Hostname

   • Networking

     • Ip Address
     • Types of interfaces
     • Number of interfaces

   • Packages

     • Repositories
     • Versions
     • Configuation (via Ansible)

2. Requirements

   • Vagrant 1.6.3 - plugins

     • vagrant-hostmanager

   • Ansible 1.8

   • VirtualBox 4.3.20r96996

3. Configuration

   Create yourself a servers.yaml and a ansible.cfg file before running the command vagrant up.

   You can use ones located in the examples/ directory as a starting point. I have left some variables commented out. You may want to set your own ip: or bridge:.

   ---
   #    Example with hash anchor and flow merges
   virtualbox: &virtualbox
     box_url: "http://basebox.libera.cc/debian-wheezy-64.box"
     box: "debian7"
     ram: "512"
   
   # If you had another environment you could point
   # to that instead
   defaults: &defaults
     <<: *virtualbox
   
   servers:
     - name: gatekeeper
       <<: *defaults
       ansible: "ansible/main.yml"
       # ip: "172.17.8.100"
       # bridge: "en1: Wi-Fi (AirPort)"
   
     - name: minion-01
       <<: *defaults
       ansible: "ansible/main.yml"
       # ip: "172.17.8.101"
   
     - name: minion-02
       <<: *defaults
       ansible: "ansible/main.yml"
       # ip: "172.17.8.102"
   
     - name: minion-03
       <<: *defaults
       ansible: "ansible/main.yml"
       # ip: "172.17.8.103"

   • Bellow is a JSON version just to verify the YAML would be valid.

   {
       "virtualbox": {
         "box": "debian7",
         "ram": "512",
         "box_url": "http://basebox.libera.cc/debian-wheezy-64.box"
       },
       "defaults": {
         "box": "debian7",
         "ram": "512",
         "box_url": "http://basebox.libera.cc/debian-wheezy-64.box"
       },
       "servers": [
         {
           "box": "debian7",
           "ram": "512",
           "ansible": "ansible/main.yml",
           "name": "gatekeeper",
           "box_url": "http://basebox.libera.cc/debian-wheezy-64.box"
         },
         {
           "box": "debian7",
           "ram": "512",
           "ansible": "ansible/main.yml",
           "name": "minion-01",
           "box_url": "http://basebox.libera.cc/debian-wheezy-64.box"
         },
         {
           "box": "debian7",
           "ram": "512",
           "ansible": "ansible/main.yml",
           "name": "minion-02",
           "box_url": "http://basebox.libera.cc/debian-wheezy-64.box"
         },
         {
           "box": "debian7",
           "ram": "512",
           "ansible": "ansible/main.yml",
           "name": "minion-03",
           "box_url": "http://basebox.libera.cc/debian-wheezy-64.box"
         }
       ]
     }

4. Run

   Run the command vagrant up

5. Trouble shooting

6. Todo