CivCloud: Provisioning a New Node

The process of provisioning a new node is, as of the v0.1.0 release, only partially automated. Manual steps must be taken by the administrator to provision the node, and once provisioned, the build is standardized & automated. Fully automated provisioning is roadmapped for v0.3.0

Provisioning in the Linode Console

The Linode created should adhere to the following requirements & conventions (all of these requirements are almost certain to change after the v0.3.0 release):

• Arch Linux OS
• Unique system ID generated via xxd -ps -l 2 /dev/urandom
• Named docker-[id]
• Tagged civcloud-preprod
• Located in Newark, NJ
• Create block storage volume named docker-storage-[id] and attach disk as /dev/sdc
• Select the "codeforphilly" SSH keys for initial configuration
• Ensure your SSH key is added to the "codeforphilly" SSH keys

Standard Build

Once the Linode is provisioned, add it to the preprod inventory file, ensuring to specify the IP address via the ansible_host variable.

# ansible/inventory/preprod
docker-965f  ansible_host=50.116.57.8

Once the provisioned node is added to inventory, execute the onboard-node.yml playbook.

cd $OPS_REPO_DIR/ansible
../script/console ansible-playbook onboard-node.yml

The node is now ready to receive project placements.