Production Setup

Before you begin, you'll need to collect the following (ask @ycombinator):

• ~/.ssh/drg.pem
• The ansible-vault password.

1. Download and install Ansible.

   • On Mac OSX machines with Homebrew installed, you can simply run: $ brew install ansible

2. Install pyrax.

$ sudo pip install pyrax

3. Create a file named ~/.rackspace_cloud_credentials with the following contents:

[rackspace_cloud]
username = <REPLACE WITH YOUR RACKSPACE CLOUD USERNAME>
api_key = <REPLACE WITH YOUR RACKSPACE CLOUD API KEY>

4. Make sure the drg.pem file is in your ~/.ssh directory. The corresponding public key needs to be uploaded as the drg public key in the "SSH Keys" section of your Rackspace Cloud Control Panel for the region(s) where you wish to setup production infrastructure. Modify file permissions:

$ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/drg.pem

5. Change to this directory on your development machine.

$ cd /path/to/rack.to

6. Run the Ansible playbook to set up the production environment within a region.

$ RAX_REGION=DFW ansible-playbook --ask-vault-pass -i inventory/ site.yml