UQx Configuration Script

Ansible scripts for UQx

Usage

Launch NECTAR VM (optional)

• Adapted from https://github.com/eResearchSA/nectar-ansible
• Login to the Nectar Dashboard (https://dashboard.rc.nectar.org.au)
• Choose the correct [PROJECT_NAME]
• Create a keypair in "Access and Security" and note the [KEY_NAME]
• Download the key-pair and add it to your ~/.ssh/
• Go to "Settings" (top right)
• Click "Reset Password"
• Copy down the new [GENERATED_PASSWORD]
• Go to "Access and Security"
• Go to the "API Access"
• Click "Download OpenStack RC File"
• Run the script

source ./[PROJECT_NAME]-openrc.sh

• Enter the API [GENERATED_PASSWORD]
• Run the nectar script

python startvm.py -k [KEY_NAME]

(note that KEY_NAME is not a path to a key)

Configure VM with Ansible

• Edit "vm_list" to contain your machine name/s
• Run script

ansible-playbook -i vm_list --private-key=[SSH_PRIVATE_KEY] -u [SSH_USERNAME] uqx_ansible/site.yml

• Bugs
  • The first run will fail, you need to edit /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default and delete the line in the middle of the comments on line 53, "root /var/www/html/dashboard;"
  • The server requires a domain name so that api.[HOSTNAME] works