Keep ign8 and automate

Install and update ign8

pip install --upgrade ign8

Basic configuration

ign8 init

creates a basic ign8 configuration

/etc/ign8/ign8.json and /etc/ign8/secrets.json

{
  "organization": [
    {
      "name": "ign8",
      "meta":
        {
          "description": "Keep ign8 and automate",
          "max_hosts": 100,
          "default_environment": "Ansible Engine 2.9 execution environment",
          "secrets": "files"
        },
      "projects": [
        {
          "name": "main",
          "description": "Keep ign8 and automate",
          "scm_type": "git",
          "scm_url": "git@github.com:JakobHolstDK/openknowit_ansibleautomation_main.git",
          "scm_branch": "main",
          "credential": "github",
          "master": "True"
        }
      ],
      "inventories": [
        {
          "name": "000_masterinventory",
          "description": "Inventorycontaining all servers under automation control",
	  "variables": {
		  "serviceaccount": {
	            "name": "knowit",
		    "gecos": "Ansible automation manager"
		  }
	  },
          "type": "static"
        },
        {
          "name": "001_netboxinventory",
          "description": "Inventory containing all servers in netbox",
	  "variables": {
		  "serviceaccount": {
	            "name": "knowit",
		    "gecos": "Ansible automation manager"
		  }
	  },
          "type": "netbox"
	}
      ],
      "hosts": [
        {
          "name": "prodign8001.openknowit.com", "description": "Server cabable for running selfmaintainance", "inventories": ["000_masterinventory"]
        }
      ],
      "templates": [
        {
          "name": "000_ansibleautomationmanager_checkup",
          "description": "Master job for self healing ansible automation as code",
          "job_type": "run",
          "inventory": "000_masterinventory",
          "project": "main",
          "EE": "Automation Hub Default execution environment",
          "credentials": "ign8server",
          "playbook": "checkup.yml"
        },
        {
          "name": "000_ansibleautomationmanager_update",
          "description": "Maintain ansible manager and prereqs",
          "job_type": "run",
          "inventory": "000_masterinventory",
          "project": "main",
          "EE": "Automation Hub Default execution environment",
          "credentials": "ign8server",
          "playbook": "ansiblemanager.yml"
        }
      ],
      "schedules": [
        {
          "name": "000_jobschedule_ansibleautomationmanager_checkup",
          "type": "job",
          "template": "000_ansibleautomationmanager_checkup",
          "description": "Master job for ensuring connectivity",
          "local_time_zone": "CET",
          "run_every_minute": "5",
          "start": "now",
          "end": "never"
        },
        {
          "name": "000_jobschedule_ansibleautomationmanager_update",
          "type": "job",
          "template": "000_ansibleautomationmanager_update",
          "description": "Master job updating automation manager",
          "local_time_zone": "CET",
          "run_every_minute": "5",
          "start": "now",
          "end": "never"
        },
        {
          "name": "000_projectschedule_ansibleautomationmanager",
          "type": "project",
          "project": "main",
          "description": "Master job for syncing project main",
          "local_time_zone": "CET",
          "run_every_minute": "10",
          "start": "now",
          "end": "never"
        }
      ],
      "users":
        {
          "user_vault_path": "project/openknowit/users",
          "description": "AD integration is mandatory"
        },
      "labels":
      [
        {
          "name": "static"
        },
        {
          "name": "production"
        },
        {
           "name": "test"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

and the secret.jsob

{
  "ign8": {
    "vault": 
    [
     {
      "name": "myvault",
      "description": "Credentials to access a hashicorp vault",
      "vault_id": "https://vault.example.com",
      "vault_token": "/etc/ign8/vault.token"
    }
    ],
    #  Here we have a simple server credential built using a file located on the ign8 server
    "ssh": [
     {
      "name": "ign8server",
      "username": "ign8",
      "password": "/etc/ign8/ign8server.password",
      "description": "Credentials to login to ign8 server and setup ign8 service",
      "ssh_private_key": "/opt/ign8/ign8server_rsa",
      "privilege_escalation_method": "sudo",
      "privilege_escalation_username": "root",
      "privilege_escalation_password": "/etc/ign8/ign8server.password"
    },
    {
      "name": "productionserver",
      "username": "root",
      "password": "/etc/ign8/productionserver.password",
      "description": "Credentials to login to productionservers",
      "ssh_private_key": "/opt/ign8/prodservers_rsa",
      "privilege_escalation_method": "sudo",
      "privilege_escalation_username": "root",
      "privilege_escalation_password": "xxx"
    }
    ],
  "scm":[
     {
      "name": "github",
      "username": "Githubuser",
      "password": "",
      "description": "Credential to connect to git",
      "type": "Source Control",
      "ssh_private_key": "/opt/ign8/github",
      "kind": "scm"
    }
   ]
  }
}

This is the README file for IGN8 you need this to access your ansible server

export TOWER_PASSWORD="" export TOWER_HOST="https://" export TOWER_USERNAME=""

{ "ign8": { "vault": { "vault_addr": "https://demo.vault.com", "vault_token": "xcvcvbdsfgsdsdfsdfsdf" }, "ssh": { "name": "ign8server", "username": "knowit", "password": "xxx", "descriptions": "Credentials to login to ign8 server and setup ign8 service", "ssh_private_key": "/opt/ign8/id_rsa", "privilege_escalation_method": "xxx" } }, "scm": {} }