Install and manage vSphere Integrated Containers
VIC has 3 components:
- vic-engine support only runs on linux hosts, though the vic-machine binaries can support OSX and Windows
- harbor not yet supported
- admiral not yet supported
This rolle only runs on linux hosts, though the vic-machine binaries can support OSX and Windows
vic-engine requires the following installed:
- openssl
- awk, mawk, or gawk
The vic OVA must already be local to the machine you are running the role against.
Many of these variables are described in the vic appliance installation guide.
Go there for in depth descriptions of the variables
All passwords ought to be set! Note root ssh access is off by default. Change that using vic_permit_root_login
vic_root_password: this_is_a_bad_password
vic_registry_db_password: this_is_a_bad_password
vic_registry_admin_password: this_is_a_bad_password
If you want specific networking setting for the VIC server, specify them using these vars. Leaving them unset should use DHCP to boot the server.
vic_network_fqdn: localhost.localdomain
vic_network_searchpath:
vic_network_dns:
vic_network_gateway:
vic_network_netmask0:
vic_network_ip0:
Validate certs for the url we download vic from? Default is false, but should be True in production.
vic_download_validate_certs: False
To configure SSL certificates for harbor (registry), admiral (management), and the fileserver use these. If none are set, self-signed certs will be created.
vic_registry_ssl_cert:
vic_registry_ssl_cert_key:
vic_management_portal_ssl_cert:
vic_management_portal_ssl_cert_key:
vic_fileserver_ssl_cert:
vic_fileserver_ssl_cert_key:
Specific version of VIC to install and run
vic_version: "1.1.0"
Where VIC files will be installed
vic_install_path: /opt
Generally shouldn't need to update this, any VIC version found at this url ought to be usable.
If you're installing the VIC appliance, we'll use the locally hosted version instead of this url.
vic_download_url: "https://bintray.com/vmware/vic/download_file?file_path=vic_{{ vic_version }}.tar.gz"
To (dis)allow ssh into the VIC server as root
vic_permit_root_login: False
vic_poweron: True
vic_registry_gc_enabled: False
To change ports of the various components:
vic_registry_port: 443
vic_registry_notary_port: 4443
vic_management_portal_port: 8282
vic_fileserver_port: 9443
Temporary storage for downloads
vic_tmp: /tmp
List of of vic hosts create. Each key/value pair will be passed to the vic-machine create as-is, so any configuration supported by vic-machine should be supported here
See vsphere-install.yml for good examples of deploying against vcenter.
vic_controller_hosts:
- name: test
timeout: 5m
target: https://vcenter.corp.local/Goddard
user: [email protected]
password: 'some_password'
tls-cname: test1.home.local
image-store: esx-a-ssd
bridge-network: bridge-vic1
compute-resource: BasementLab
thumbprint: "29:03:72:8B:73:ED:D8:B6:D7:36:E8:EE:4F:1D:91:DE:9A:2C:3D:4A"
bridge-network-range: 172.16.0.0/12
management-network: Management
management-network-gateway: 0.0.0.0/0:192.168.1.254
management-network-ip: 192.168.1.19/24
dns-server: 192.168.1.1
public-network: VMNet
organization: tscanlan
volume-store: "esx-a-ssd/test1-volumes:default"
List of of vic hosts delete each key/value pair will be passed to the vic-machine create as-is, so any configuration supported by vic-machine delete should be supported here
vic_controller_hosts_delete:
- name: test3
timeout: 5m
target: https://vcenter.corp.local/Goddard
user: [email protected]
password: 'some_password'
thumbprint: "29:03:72:8B:73:ED:D8:B6:D7:36:E8:EE:4F:1D:91:DE:9A:2C:3D:4A"
- name: test4
timeout: 5m
target: https://vcenter.corp.local/Goddard
user: [email protected]
password: 'some_password'
thumbprint: "29:03:72:8B:73:ED:D8:B6:D7:36:E8:EE:4F:1D:91:DE:9A:2C:3D:4A"
Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:
- hosts: all
roles:
- role: vic
vars:
vic_controller_hosts:
- name: test1
timeout: 5m
target: https://192.168.1.9/Goddard
user: [email protected]
password: 'some_password'
tls-cname: test1.home.local
image-store: esx-a-ssd
bridge-network: bridge-vic1
compute-resource: BasementLab
thumbprint: "29:03:72:8B:73:ED:D8:B6:D7:36:E8:EE:4F:1D:91:DE:9A:2C:3D:4A"
bridge-network-range: 172.16.0.0/12
management-network: Management
management-network-gateway: 0.0.0.0/0:192.168.1.254
management-network-ip: 192.168.1.19/24
dns-server: 192.168.1.1
public-network: VMNet
organization: tscanlan
volume-store: "esx-a-ssd/test1-volumes:default"
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