Now which *host* is hosting a specific container is not defined in the
playbook yaml file but centrally in the invetory under the
`ansible_lxc_host` variable.
The `lxc_guest` role is runned directly against the guest, even if it
doesn't exist yet, and lxc tasks are delegated to the lxc-running
physical host.
In this way it should be easier to scale-up and configure multiple
istance of a service on different containers without changing the
playbook.
Look at `/ldap.yaml` for a commented example.
Now xfs is working, `prepare_host.yaml` is modified to add `xfs` to
the list of modules loaded at each boot.
If module is added to that list, than is also loaded with a modprobe
handler.
If xfs is not working with `role/lxc_guest`, run the patched
`prepare_host.yaml` againg.
Debian version upgraded to buster.
New templates compatibile with stable versions of LXC provided with
debian.
Cleaner syntax using `ssh_lxc.py` connection plugin. Now we don't user
`lxc-attach -n ...` in the `shell` module on the host anymore, but we
delegate to `{{ vm_name }}` with `connection: ssh_lxc`, using suitable
Ansible module to do operation directly on the container before it is
online and SSH accessible.
We added an option to force an LVM VG name: if the default naming
convention is not used the vg name can be overriden with the `vg_name`
variable.
The `xfs` filesystem seems to be broken in this release, so we used
`ext4` as default for new container. This point needs further
investigation.
Now this connection can (also) be used directly indicating the LXC
container as the target (or delegated host), if the variables
`ansible_lxc_host` and `ansible_lxc_name` are provided, either in
invetory, role or task.
`ansible_lxc_host` is the inventory hostname of the LXC running physical
host.
`ansible_lxc_name` is the container name.
File `hosts.example` is provided to show how this variables can be set
up in an inventory.
Add support for OpenSSH v8 (ouput of `ssh-keygen` changed slightly) in
module `ssh_cert` and use a better implementation for multiple user CA.
Now we are reading user_ca from `group_vars/all.yaml`.
`user_ca_keys` should be list of each allowed User CA on one host (in
this way is easier to rotate CAs without reissuing keys to each user at
the same time).
The production CA must be the first one in the list. Host certificate
will be checked only against the first CA and updated if their host key
was issued from another CA in the list.
For this reason now we are using a template to create
`/etc/ssh/user_ca.pub` on the target, to preserve the key order.
`group_vars/all.yaml.example` has been updated to reflect the new usage.
- New apt multipackage style
- Tabulation in `templates/interfaces.j2` and in `/etc/lvm/lvm.conf`
line fixed: in Debian buster tabulation is used to indent this config
files by default.
`lxc-ssh.py` removed.
All Playbbooks now user `ssh_lxc` connection.
`ansible_ssh_lxc_name` variable used to specify container name.
Tested and worked correctly with `python==3.8.2` and `ansible==2.9.6` on the
controller and `python==2.7` on the target.
Modification of the stock connection plugin ssh.py to use lxc-attach on
the target host.
We replace any `<cmd>` with
`lxc-attach -n <container_name> /bin/sh -c '<cmd>'`
before sending it through the ssh connection.
Based on the original idea of *Pierre Chifflier* availabe on [GitHub].
The container name should be passed as the `ansible_ssh_lxc_name`
variable.
The `ansible_docker_extra_args` variable is still working for backward
compatibiliy.
ToDo: The docstrings need to be updated, they are still mostly the ones
from ssh.py connection plugin.
We figured out the proper method to access inventory variables (see
README.md in [GitHub]), they need to be propery specified inside the
DOCUMENTATION of the Connection [1], and then they can be obtained with the
`Plugin.get_option()` method. That method should not be called in the
`__init__()`, because options are not yet initialized. Calling it in
`_connect()` returned the correct option.
[GitHub]: https://github.com/chifflier/ansible-lxc-ssh
[1]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/dev_guide/developing_plugins.html
First step to develop a new cleaner ssh_lxc interface.
Here we clone `ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py` from Ansible version
2.9.6.
It will be adapted to use `lxc-attach` on the target host.
- remove the handling of which template to use
- do not access parent role
- update riot-web nginx configuration
- update icinga role to use new nginx templating
- update synapse nginx configuration
- update matrix role to use new nginx templates
- update dokuwiki to use new nginx template
- extend nginx template in dokuwiki
- update login role to new nginx templates
- add protocol for default option
- add extra block to nginx template
- update riote-web version
- fix template extension for riot web nginx definition
- update login template for nginx endpoint