Ansible demo

Initial setup with Ansible and GitLab.

The following files are provided:

• ansible.sh VBoxManage script to create a VM named ansiblevm - customise as needed, e.g. adapt for use on Windows or Mac
• minimal_vm.sh VBoxManage script to create a VM named minimalvm - also, customise as needed
• minimal_el7_vm.cfg Kickstart configuration for just a minimal CentOS 7 installation
• el7_ansible_vm.cfg the same Kickstart configuration with post-install script to configure EPEL and install Ansible
• pxelinux.cfg/default PXE-boot menu with APPEND line to install using minimal_el7_vm.cfg from here (ie GitHub)

The Kickstart configures the systems it installs as Vagrant boxes, so all passwords are "vagrant" and the insecure Vagrant public key should be installed for the user "vagrant".

Post install:

• Kickstart at least the Ansible host and one minimal VM (in VirtualBox you can use it to create linked clones for your Gitlab server and other roles you want to test as throw away VM's)
• Configure networking: DNS, hostnames, routes, .. on all VM's
• Wait for the Ansible installation to finish (or manually install when it failed) and edit /etc/ansible/hosts and site.yml on the Ansible machine to point to your GitLab host
• Run the playbook
• Go to the GitLab GUI and set the "root password"
• Finish by implementing your Git design, both, in GitLab and on the Ansible machine