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ansible layout thoughts

by John Stoffel

Guys, I'm starting to work on deplying ansible at $WORK to start managing a bunch of existing servers. The goal is to A) get them consistent, B) learn ansible, and C) automate deployments so if I get hit by a bus, they can have a hope of keeping things going. So my first thoughts are about organization. Ansible is a file/directory heavy setup. And I understand how a task has one or more roles. And then a playbook can have one or more tasks. But it's how to manage the overall site or bundles of playbooks that I want to understand. I've looked at: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_best_practices… and I think I can deal with the first layout suggestion, but I'd porbably put playbooks into a playbooks/ directory. But... how to keep them organized as my collection grows. Do I want a new directory structure for each group of playbooks? For example I want to do: - add ssh-keys for logins - make sure right repo(s) are configured - ntp client config - postfix config - NIS config - fstab config - nsswitch.conf config So ideally all of the above would be a playbook each, since for example ntp config, would/could include: - install ntp - install default client config - restart ntpd once configured - etc... Where it all comes down to is keeping all this organized nicely, especially as it grows ever more complicated. All the silly examples of setting up a LAMP stack completely gloss over the actual pushing of content, which is really what we want to do. So, thoughts? Real life experience? Suggestions for good training classes? Unfortunately it would have to be online now, not my preferred in-person training.... John

April 13, 2020

Re: Has anyone here built a jitsi server?

by Daniel Walsh

On 4/10/20 14:30, Michael Voorhis via WLUG wrote: > On 4/10/20 2:23 PM, Emiliano Lopez via WLUG wrote: >> I didn't try but may be you can try the container alternative: >> https://jitsi.org/news/jitsi-meets-docker/ > Too easy. Docker's quicker... easier; more seductive. I would only > learn how to use docker, and I want more than that. > > Thank you though, > > --MCV. > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/7X7J5… > You could also try Podman, just as simple as Docker. (Same CLI) and works in a more secure fashion. You can use it without being root. containers run in your homedir.

April 13, 2020

Re: Has anyone here built a jitsi server?

by Michael Voorhis

On 4/10/20 2:23 PM, Emiliano Lopez via WLUG wrote: > I didn't try but may be you can try the container alternative: > https://jitsi.org/news/jitsi-meets-docker/ Too easy. Docker's quicker... easier; more seductive. I would only learn how to use docker, and I want more than that. Thank you though, --MCV.

April 10, 2020

Re: Has anyone here built a jitsi server?

by Emiliano Lopez

Hi Michael, I didn't try but may be you can try the container alternative: https://jitsi.org/news/jitsi-meets-docker/ good luck On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 at 21:41, Michael Voorhis via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Has anyone here built a functional jitsi server? I tried today, with a > fresh Debian-10 install and the jitsi "quick-install" method: > > https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/doc/quick-install.md > > It didn't work. jitsi logs indicated a java problem; I had neither the > time nor really the inclination to debug their "stable" install. > > My two test-laptops were able to connect to meet.jit.si and communicated > with eachother using the "free" jitsi server, but when the same two > laptops were connected to the server I'd just built, the two failed to > connect. > > I'll try again tomorrow. The next immediate challenge will be purging > the traces of the failed first experiment from the system. >

April 10, 2020

April WLUG virtual meeting was a resounding success!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, I just wanted to give a shout out to everybody who showed up to the virtual meeting last night. It was cool to see Maddog show up, I'm glad he's staying safe and healthy. Yeah, there were a couple of audio/video hiccups, but I thought overall it went great. I shared my screen a couple of times and that worked just fine as well. One cool thing that was brought up doing the meeting and I thought was worth talking about is "vscodium" which is a 100% open source recompile of the visual studio code editor. The big difference is that the vscode as shipped from microsoft contains telemetry tracking data that gets sent back to the mothership... https://vscodium.com/ solves that problem. We obviously jibber jabbed about COVID19 and folding@home and Logan showed off the facemasks he's been printing as well as the antennae he's building to contact a long lost satellite in geostationary orbit. While it wasn't the same as a physical meeting, when we do manage to get ourselves all back in the same room, I think it's something we'll definitely incorporate into the physical meetings. Stay safe, stay healthy and wash your hands! We'll see what May brings us and decide from there... Tim. WLUG President -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 10, 2020

Has anyone here built a jitsi server?

by Michael Voorhis

Has anyone here built a functional jitsi server? I tried today, with a fresh Debian-10 install and the jitsi "quick-install" method: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/doc/quick-install.md It didn't work. jitsi logs indicated a java problem; I had neither the time nor really the inclination to debug their "stable" install. My two test-laptops were able to connect to meet.jit.si and communicated with eachother using the "free" jitsi server, but when the same two laptops were connected to the server I'd just built, the two failed to connect. I'll try again tomorrow. The next immediate challenge will be purging the traces of the failed first experiment from the system. --MCV.

April 10, 2020

Re: Virtual meeting today! Starting at 7pm, via Jitsi!!

by Rob Evans

Me too. I was in & out briefly, but did not have camera or microphone on my desktop computer. I hope to participate more in the future. - Bob Evans On 4/9/20 6:59 PM, Joel via WLUG wrote: > Hi All, > > Not going to make it to tonight's conference. > > Hope you are all well, > > Joel >

April 9, 2020

Re: Virtual meeting today! Starting at 7pm, via Jitsi!!

by Keith Wright

Joel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Not going to make it to tonight's conference. Neither will I. I think I approve of Jitsi, but I need all the computers to keep working. I am afraid to try something new, for fear of breaking something. I have never used the camera on this laptop. I did no preparation nor downloaded anything, but for the L of it I put the URL into the browser, https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA. It displays a grey rectangle. Tell the mailing list how it worked. -- Keith

April 9, 2020

Re: Virtual meeting today! Starting at 7pm, via Jitsi!!

by Joel

Hi All, Not going to make it to tonight's conference. Hope you are all well, Joel On April 9, 2020 9:01:32 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > We've got a virtual meeting today! > > We're all going to meet on Jitsi! Here's the location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > > The big blue button stuff looks really awesome, but I haven't had a chance to dig into it, however for presenting it looks pretty awesome. > > I hope everybody is staying sane and staying safe. > > Later, > Tim Keller > WLUG President > > > > -- > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/24SLW…

April 9, 2020

Virtual meeting today! Starting at 7pm, via Jitsi!!

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, We've got a virtual meeting today! We're all going to meet on Jitsi! Here's the location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA The big blue button stuff looks really awesome, but I haven't had a chance to dig into it, however for presenting it looks pretty awesome. I hope everybody is staying sane and staying safe. Later, Tim Keller WLUG President -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 9, 2020