uyuni

This role prepares, installs and configures Uyuni and SUSE Manager.

Requirements

Make sure to install the jmespath and xml Python modules.

The system needs access to the internet. Also, you will need an openSUSE Leap or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.1+ installation.

Role Variables

Variable	Default	Description
uyuni_suma_release	4.1	SUSE Manager release to install (4.0 or 4.1)
uyuni_scc_reg_code	-	SUSE Customer Center registration code (received after trial registration or purchase)
uyuni_scc_mail	-	SUSE Customer Center mail address
uyuni_scc_check_registration	true	Register system if unregistered
uyuni_scc_check_modules	true	Activate required modules if not already enabled
uyuni_sles_modules	(Modules required for SUSE Manager 4.x)	Modules to enable before installation
uyuni_use_lvm	true	Use LVM to create application volumes
uyuni_vg	uyuni	LVM volume group to create for Docker data
uyuni_pv	/dev/sdb	Disk to use for LVM
uyuni_filesystems	see defaults/main.yml	LVs, filesystems and mount points to create
uyuni_mail	root@localhost	Web server administrator mail
uyuni_db_name	uyuni	Database name
uyuni_db_user	uyuni	Database user
uyuni_db_pass	uyuni	Database password
uyuni_cert_city	Berlin	Certificate city
uyuni_cert_country	DE	Certificate country
uyuni_cert_mail	root@localhost	Certificate mail
uyuni_cert_o	Berlin	Certificate organization
uyuni_cert_ou	Berlin	Certificate organization unit
uyuni_cert_state	Berlin	Certificate state
uyuni_cert_pass	uyuni	Certificate password
uyuni_org_name	Demo	Organization name
uyuni_org_login	admin	Organization administrator username
uyuni_org_password	admin	Organization administrator password
uyuni_org_mail	root@localhost	Organization administrator mail
uyuni_org_first_name	Anton	Organization administrator first name
uyuni_org_last_name	Administrator	Organization administrator last name
uyuni_use_repo	true	Flag whether official Uyuni repository should be added
uyuni_firewall_config	true	Flag whether firewalld should be configured
uyuni_firewall_default_zone	internal	firewalld default zone to set
uyuni_firewall_services	["suse-manager-server"]	Firewall services to enable
uyuni_setup_cefs	false	Flag whether errata for CentOS should be generated via CEFS
uyuni_setup_cefs_cronjob	false	Flag whether CEFS cronjob should be generated
uyuni_setup_defs	false	Flag whether errata for Debian should be generated via DEFS
uyuni_setup_defs_cronjob	false	Flag whether DEFS cronjob should be generated
uyuni_cefs_path	/opt/errata-import	Path to install CEFS and the wrapper script to
uyuni_channels	empty	Common channels to synchronize (e.g. centos7 and epel7)
uyuni_sync_channels	false	Flag whether created channels should be synced
uyuni_bootstrap_repos	false	Flag whether Salt bootstrap repositories should be created

When supplying channels to create in channels, ensure passing a list with dicts like this:

[{"name": "centos7", "arch": "x86_64"}, {"name": "centos7-updates", "arch": "x86_64"}]

For available channels and architectures, see the spacewalk-common-channels.ini installed by the spacewalk-utils package. There is also an online version on GitHub.

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Example Playbook

Refer to the following example:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - stdevel.uyuni

Set variables if required, e.g.:

---
- hosts: uyuni.giertz.loc
  remote_user: root
  roles:
    - role: stdevel.uyuni
      setup_cefs: true
      setup_cefs_cronjob: true
      setup_defs: true
      setup_defs_cronjob: true
      channels:
        - {"name": "centos7", "arch": "x86_64"}
        - {"name": "centos7-updates", "arch": "x86_64"}

Don't forget setting SUSE-related variables when deploying SUSE Manager:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - role: stdevel.uyuni
      scc_reg_code: DERP1337LULZ
      scc_mail: [email protected]

Ensure having all available system updates installed before running the playbook!

Common issues

Error when running the playbook:

TASK [ansible-uyuni : Add Uyuni repository] ************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: ImportError: No module named xml.dom.minidom

Install the missing python-xml package.

License

Apache 2.0

Author Information

Christian Stankowic ([email protected])