Re: Ansible modules for z/VM Linux virtual machine management
We haven't had time to try the new AAP, but it's on our TODO stack, and this would be ane addon for that testing. Phil " virtus in medio stat " "Perfect is the enemy of the Good" On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 9:20 PM Robert J Brenneman wrote: > Yea Phil I will eventually get it added there once i jump through more > hoops: cicd pipeline, changelogs, etc, etc > > I was gonna see if I could do a writeup of using it via AAP on Z some time > in the next month or two, if yall think thatd be useful. > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 21:10 Philip Tully wrote: > > > Great news, this is a great add-on to the Tech Preview of Ansible > > Automation Platform (formerly Ansible Tower) for RHEL on Z. > > > > > https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/daniel-jast1/2023/06/27/ansible-on-ibm-z-tech-preview > > > > regards, Phil > > " virtus in medio stat " > > "Perfect is the enemy of the Good" > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 4:19 PM Robert J Brenneman > > wrote: > > > > > Greetings All, > > > > > > I've just gotten permission from the powers that be to release some > tools > > > I've been using internally on my team for a couple months now. These > are > > a > > > set of Ansible modules that you can use to create/destroy and modify > > > virtual machines on z/VM via SMAPI. > > > > > > Yes - I am aware of everyones feelings regarding SMAPI. No there were > not > > > any better alternatives to do what I needed to do easily within the > time > > I > > > had to do it. > > > > > > > > > The good news is though: it actually works! Using these modules and > > > playbooks you can spawn an entire openshift cluster ( some assembly > > > required, I'm not providing a load balancer, dns updates, bastion host, > > > firewall, you're all clever people I dont have to hold your hands on > all > > > that ) > > > > > > The base repo is at https://github.com/IBM/zvm_ansible > > > > > > thats where all the ansible playbook samples are with a sample > inventory > > > file. The test_ examples show cases of creating, modifying, and > deleting > > > virtual machines, as well as adding, cloning, and removing minidisks. > > > > > > You will also need the actual modules from > > > https://github.com/IBM/zvm_ansible_collection > > > > > > You'll have to pull down the module code and build a galaxy tarball and > > > install it on your machine you're running the ansible playbooks from - > > > theres instructions in the readme. > > > > > > At the moment its just me maintaining these. They work for my usecases, > > and > > > when you find horrible bugs ( you will ) open an issue and I will do my > > > best. This aint my day job, but I'm working to assemble a crack team to > > > make it their day jobs. The ultimate goal is to eventually get the > > modules > > > accepted into the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z ( > > > https://github.com/ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core ), so it will > become > > > supported by both IBM and RH. > > > > > > Thats not gonna happen this week though - so for now, please have a > peek > > > and let me know if you think this will be useful to you and yours. > > > > > > Happy Ansibiling! > > > > > > -- > > > Jay Brenneman > > > > > > -- > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or > > > visit > > > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > > -- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > -- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Ansible modules for z/VM Linux virtual machine management
Yea Phil I will eventually get it added there once i jump through more hoops: cicd pipeline, changelogs, etc, etc I was gonna see if I could do a writeup of using it via AAP on Z some time in the next month or two, if yall think thatd be useful. On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 21:10 Philip Tully wrote: > Great news, this is a great add-on to the Tech Preview of Ansible > Automation Platform (formerly Ansible Tower) for RHEL on Z. > > https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/daniel-jast1/2023/06/27/ansible-on-ibm-z-tech-preview > > regards, Phil > " virtus in medio stat " > "Perfect is the enemy of the Good" > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 4:19 PM Robert J Brenneman > wrote: > > > Greetings All, > > > > I've just gotten permission from the powers that be to release some tools > > I've been using internally on my team for a couple months now. These are > a > > set of Ansible modules that you can use to create/destroy and modify > > virtual machines on z/VM via SMAPI. > > > > Yes - I am aware of everyones feelings regarding SMAPI. No there were not > > any better alternatives to do what I needed to do easily within the time > I > > had to do it. > > > > > > The good news is though: it actually works! Using these modules and > > playbooks you can spawn an entire openshift cluster ( some assembly > > required, I'm not providing a load balancer, dns updates, bastion host, > > firewall, you're all clever people I dont have to hold your hands on all > > that ) > > > > The base repo is at https://github.com/IBM/zvm_ansible > > > > thats where all the ansible playbook samples are with a sample inventory > > file. The test_ examples show cases of creating, modifying, and deleting > > virtual machines, as well as adding, cloning, and removing minidisks. > > > > You will also need the actual modules from > > https://github.com/IBM/zvm_ansible_collection > > > > You'll have to pull down the module code and build a galaxy tarball and > > install it on your machine you're running the ansible playbooks from - > > theres instructions in the readme. > > > > At the moment its just me maintaining these. They work for my usecases, > and > > when you find horrible bugs ( you will ) open an issue and I will do my > > best. This aint my day job, but I'm working to assemble a crack team to > > make it their day jobs. The ultimate goal is to eventually get the > modules > > accepted into the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z ( > > https://github.com/ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core ), so it will become > > supported by both IBM and RH. > > > > Thats not gonna happen this week though - so for now, please have a peek > > and let me know if you think this will be useful to you and yours. > > > > Happy Ansibiling! > > > > -- > > Jay Brenneman > > > > -- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > -- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Ansible modules for z/VM Linux virtual machine management
Great news, this is a great add-on to the Tech Preview of Ansible Automation Platform (formerly Ansible Tower) for RHEL on Z. https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/daniel-jast1/2023/06/27/ansible-on-ibm-z-tech-preview regards, Phil " virtus in medio stat " "Perfect is the enemy of the Good" On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 4:19 PM Robert J Brenneman wrote: > Greetings All, > > I've just gotten permission from the powers that be to release some tools > I've been using internally on my team for a couple months now. These are a > set of Ansible modules that you can use to create/destroy and modify > virtual machines on z/VM via SMAPI. > > Yes - I am aware of everyones feelings regarding SMAPI. No there were not > any better alternatives to do what I needed to do easily within the time I > had to do it. > > > The good news is though: it actually works! Using these modules and > playbooks you can spawn an entire openshift cluster ( some assembly > required, I'm not providing a load balancer, dns updates, bastion host, > firewall, you're all clever people I dont have to hold your hands on all > that ) > > The base repo is at https://github.com/IBM/zvm_ansible > > thats where all the ansible playbook samples are with a sample inventory > file. The test_ examples show cases of creating, modifying, and deleting > virtual machines, as well as adding, cloning, and removing minidisks. > > You will also need the actual modules from > https://github.com/IBM/zvm_ansible_collection > > You'll have to pull down the module code and build a galaxy tarball and > install it on your machine you're running the ansible playbooks from - > theres instructions in the readme. > > At the moment its just me maintaining these. They work for my usecases, and > when you find horrible bugs ( you will ) open an issue and I will do my > best. This aint my day job, but I'm working to assemble a crack team to > make it their day jobs. The ultimate goal is to eventually get the modules > accepted into the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z ( > https://github.com/ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core ), so it will become > supported by both IBM and RH. > > Thats not gonna happen this week though - so for now, please have a peek > and let me know if you think this will be useful to you and yours. > > Happy Ansibiling! > > -- > Jay Brenneman > > -- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
