Ansible role crowd

Install and configure crowd on your system.

GitHub	Version	Issues	Pull Requests	Downloads

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: buluma.crowd

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- hosts: all
  remote_user: root
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: buluma.bootstrap
    - role: buluma.java

  tasks:
    - name: redhat | subscription-manager register
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        subscription-manager register \
          --username={{ lookup('env', 'REDHAT_USERNAME') }} \
          --password={{ lookup('env', 'REDHAT_PASSWORD') }} \
          --auto-attach
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: debian | apt-get install python3
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        apt-get update
        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python3
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: redhat | yum install python3
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        yum makecache
        yum install -y python3
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: suse | zypper install python3
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        zypper -n --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
        zypper -n install -y python3
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

- hosts: all
  remote_user: root
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: cp -rfT /etc/skel /root
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        cp -rfT /etc/skel /root
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: setenforce 0
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        setenforce 0
        sed -i 's/^SELINUX=.*$/SELINUX=permissive/g' /etc/selinux/config
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: systemctl stop firewalld.service
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        systemctl stop firewalld.service
        systemctl disable firewalld.service
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: systemctl stop ufw.service
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        systemctl stop ufw.service
        systemctl disable ufw.service
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: debian | apt-get install *.deb
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y bzip2 ca-certificates curl gcc gnupg gzip hostname iproute2 passwd procps python3 python3-apt python3-jmespath python3-lxml python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-venv python3-virtualenv python3-wheel rsync sudo tar unzip util-linux zip
      when: ansible_os_family | lower == "debian"
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    # TODO: Pinning due to CVE-2024-3094
    - name: debian | Try to install xz-utils packages
      ansible.builtin.pip:
        name: xz-utils==5.4.6
        state: present
      when: ansible_os_family | lower == "debian"
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: fedora | yum install *.rpm
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        yum install -y bzip2 ca-certificates curl gcc gnupg2 gzip hostname iproute procps-ng python3 python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock python3-jmespath python3-libselinux python3-lxml python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv python3-wheel rsync shadow-utils sudo tar unzip util-linux xz yum-utils zip
      when: ansible_distribution | lower == "fedora"
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: redhat-9 | yum install *.rpm
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        yum-config-manager --enable crb || echo $?
        yum-config-manager --enable codeready-builder-beta-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms || echo $?
        yum install -y http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
        yum install -y bzip2 ca-certificates curl gcc gnupg2 gzip hostname iproute procps-ng python3 python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock python3-jmespath python3-libselinux python3-lxml python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv python3-wheel rsync shadow-utils sudo tar unzip util-linux xz yum-utils zip
      when: ansible_os_family | lower == "redhat" and ansible_distribution_major_version | lower == "9"
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: redhat-8 | yum install *.rpm
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        yum install -y http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
        yum install -y bzip2 ca-certificates curl gcc gnupg2 gzip hostname iproute procps-ng python3 python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock python3-jmespath python3-libselinux python3-lxml python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv python3-wheel rsync shadow-utils sudo tar unzip util-linux xz yum-utils zip
      when: ansible_os_family | lower == "redhat" and ansible_distribution_major_version | lower == "8"
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: redhat-7 | yum install *.rpm
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms || echo $?
        yum install -y http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
        yum install -y bzip2 ca-certificates curl gcc gnupg2 gzip hostname iproute procps-ng python3 python3-jmespath python3-libselinux python3-lxml python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv python3-wheel rsync shadow-utils sudo tar unzip util-linux xz yum-plugin-versionlock yum-utils zip
      when: ansible_os_family | lower == "redhat" and ansible_distribution_major_version | lower == "7"
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

    - name: suse | zypper -n install *.rpm
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        set -eu
        zypper -n install -y bzip2 ca-certificates curl gcc gpg2 gzip hostname iproute2 procps python3 python3-jmespath python3-lxml python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv python3-wheel rsync shadow sudo tar unzip util-linux xz zip
      when: ansible_os_family | lower == "suse"
      changed_when: false
      failed_when: false

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for crowd

# PostgreSQL JDBC release.
postgresql_jdbc_release: "42.3"

# PostgreSQL JDBC version.
postgresql_jdbc_version: "{{ _postgresql_jdbc_version[postgresql_jdbc_release] }}"

# PostgreSQL JDBC download details.
postgresql_jdbc_download: "{{ _postgresql_jdbc_download[postgresql_jdbc_version] }}"

# Crowd release.
crowd_release: "4.4"

# Crowd version.
crowd_version: "{{ _crowd_version[crowd_release] }}"

# Crowd download details.
crowd_download: "{{ _crowd_download[crowd_version] }}"

# Owner and group for Crowd.
crowd_owner: "crowd"
crowd_group: "crowd"

# Crowd home directory.
crowd_home: "/var/atlassian/application-data/crowd"

# Crowd installation directory.
crowd_catalina: "/opt/atlassian/crowd"

# JVM minimal and maximum memory usage.
crowd_jvm_minimum_memory: "1024m"
crowd_jvm_maximum_memory: "1024m"

# Proxy and context path setup.
crowd_catalina_connector_proxyname: ~
crowd_catalina_connector_proxyport: ~
crowd_catalina_connector_scheme: "http"
crowd_catalina_connector_secure: "false"
crowd_catalina_context_path: ~

# Atlassian Support recommended JVM arguments.
crowd_jvm_support_recommended_args: >-
  -Datlassian.plugins.enable.wait=300
  -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
  -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap
  -XX:MaxRAMFraction=1

# Session timeout (in minutes).
crowd_session_timeout: "120"

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	Version
buluma.bootstrap
buluma.java
alvistack.openjdk

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
Amazon	Candidate
EL	8
Debian	all
Fedora	all
opensuse	all
Ubuntu	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

Changelog

Role History

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

Shadow Walker