{"id":211,"date":"2019-03-31T10:54:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T09:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everydayvirtualization.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2019-03-31T10:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T09:54:11","slug":"installing-ansible-awx-ready-for-vmware-automation-on-unbuntu-8-04lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everydayvirtualization.com\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Installing Ansible\/AWX ready for VMware Automation on Unbuntu 8.04LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have just started to look into using Ansible for automating some of the tasks we current use on customer infrastructure, from VM template deployment to the install\/configure of bespoke applications within the VM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my testlab i though i would install ansible and the relevant VMware required modules like Python SDK for VMware and pyvmomi. I also installed AWX to provide a GUI for the task scheduler and to better understand how Ansible Tower works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get started with the installation we deploy a simple unbuntu 8.04LTS server using the default options (The VM specs are 2vcpu 16GB ram and a 120GB VMDK). I then ran through the process below to get ansible\/AWX and of course Vmware SDK for Python installed. We have a number or requirements as we are running AWX in a docker (it should be noted that i prefer to put this in \/opt but that a personal thing)<\/p>\n\n\n

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apt-add-repository --yes<\/span> --update<\/span> ppa:ansible\/<\/span>ansible
\napt install<\/span> ansible -y<\/span>
\napt install<\/span> docker.io
\napt install<\/span> python-pip -y<\/span>
\npip install<\/span> docker
\npip install<\/span> docker-composer
\napt install<\/span> nodejs npm -y<\/span>
\nnpm install<\/span> npm --global<\/span>
\ncd<\/span> \/<\/span>opt
\ngit clone<\/span> https:\/\/<\/span>github.com\/<\/span>ansible\/<\/span>awx.git<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At this stage we can install AWX however if we were to use the default options the postgress data would be placed in \/tmp which means it would be reset every reboot and we would loose out current configuration, as shown below I prefer to edit the inventory and put it to \/opt\/pgdocker. (again this is personal choice and you can put it anywhere you want)<\/p>\n\n\n

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cd<\/span> \/<\/span>opt
\nmkdir<\/span> pgdocker
\ncd<\/span> awx\/<\/span>installer
\nedit inventory change postgres data files location to \/<\/span>opt\/<\/span>pgdocker
\nansible-playbook -i<\/span> inventory install.yml<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You should now be able to visit http:\\\\(your servername) and login with a username of admin and a password of password<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next we want to install the VMware SDK for python and pyvmomi for ansible.<\/p>\n\n\n

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cd<\/span> \/<\/span>opt
\nclone https:\/\/<\/span>github.com\/<\/span>vmware\/<\/span>vsphere-automation-sdk-python.git
\ncd<\/span> vsphere-automation-sdk-python
\npip install<\/span> --upgrade<\/span> --force-reinstall<\/span> -r<\/span> requirements.txt --extra-index-url<\/span> file:\/\/\/<\/span>opt\/<\/span>vsphere-automation-sdk-python\/<\/span>lib
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\npip install<\/span> pyvmomi<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Congrats you now have Ansible\/AWX\/Python all ready for working with Vsphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will be doing an article covering some of the basics of using Ansible and VMware together in another post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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