Zenoss Installer using Ansible

Uses Ansible to install Zenoss 5.1 core.

Documentation

• Installation Guide: https://www.zenoss.com/sites/default/files/documentation/Zenoss_Resource_Manager_Installation_Guide_r5.1.1_d1052.16.060.pdf
• Configuration Guide: https://www.zenoss.com/sites/default/files/documentation/Zenoss_Resource_Manager_Configuration_Guide_r5.1.1_d1042.16.061.1.pdf
• Ansible Docs: http://docs.ansible.com/

Minimum Recommended Server

The hosts in the default resource pool should meet the following, minimum requirements:

• OS RHEL/CentOS 7.1
• 4 CPU cores (64-bit only; real or virtual)
• 20GB RAM
• 1 network interface controller (must support TCP/IP)
• The network latency among all hosts in a resource pool should be less than 5 milliseconds
• Local storage is recommended, and SAN storage is supported
• Minimum Local storage 30GB x 2 disks

Installation

Clone this repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/marafa/ansible-zenoss.git
$ cd ansible-zenoss

Make sure NTP is running, this includes checking local and site firewalls. To check:

$ ntpstat

If your output resembles the output below, then NTP is working:

synchronised to NTP server (12.34.56.78) at stratum 3 ....

Modify your hosts inventory/file to put your Zenoss server's IP

Verify you can ssh to your Zenoss host using ssh keys AND that user can sudo without a password

Notes

• The speed of the installation is dependent on your internet connection. It can take an hour or more.

To use

Modify the variables group_vars/all.yml to suit your environment

Run ansible with following:

ansible-playbook -i hosts playbook.yml 

To test a role (This is useful when you want to verify your server meets Zenoss specs)

ansible-play -i hosts -l localhost test_role.yml -e "ROLE=installation_checks"