StackStorm Series - Spinning Up Environment

This post is the next in the StackStorm Series. You can find the previous posts in the series below:

• StackStorm Series - Intro
• StackStorm Series - Getting Started

In this post we will be spinning up the test environment for us to begin our StackStorm learning.

NOTE: Assumption is that you have already followed the steps in the previous posts.

Spinning Up Environment

So let’s get to it and spin the StackStorm environment up. Because we are using Vagrant the steps to spin everything up is as simple as a single command:

NOTE: Ensure that you are in your project folder and within the Vagrant folder.

vagrant up

Now sit back and grab a coffee or something while the environment is provisioned. The whole provisioning takes about ~10 minutes to complete.

If you decide to watch then you should see everything spinning up as below:

Bringing machine 'node0' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
Bringing machine 'node1' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> node0: Importing base box 'mrlesmithjr/xenial64'...
==> node0: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> node0: Checking if box 'mrlesmithjr/xenial64' is up to date...
==> node0: Setting the name of the VM: Vagrant_node0_1510207057205_94918
==> node0: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> node0: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    node0: Adapter 1: nat
    node0: Adapter 2: hostonly
==> node0: Forwarding ports...
    node0: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)

And then you will see Ansible doing it’s thing as well:

    node1: Running ansible-playbook...

PLAY [all] *********************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
ok: [node0]
ok: [node1]

TASK [updating apt cache (Debian)] *********************************************
ok: [node0]
ok: [node1]

TASK [installing ansible pre-reqs (Debian)] ************************************
changed: [node0] => (item=[u'build-essential', u'libffi-dev', u'libssl-dev', u'python-dev', u'python-setuptools'])
changed: [node1] => (item=[u'build-essential', u'libffi-dev', u'libssl-dev', u'python-dev', u'python-setuptools'])

TASK [installing epel repo (RedHat)] *******************************************
skipping: [node0]
skipping: [node1]

TASK [installing ansible pre-reqs (RedHat)] ************************************
skipping: [node0] => (item=[])
skipping: [node1] => (item=[])

And once the environment is provisioned you should see the end of the Ansible provisioning:

RUNNING HANDLER [ansible-nginx : restart nginx] ********************************
changed: [node0]

RUNNING HANDLER [ansible-nginx : restart php7.0-fpm] ***************************
changed: [node0]

RUNNING HANDLER [ansible-rabbitmq : restart rabbitmq-server] *******************
changed: [node0]

RUNNING HANDLER [ansible-stackstorm : reload stackstorm] ***********************
changed: [node0]

RUNNING HANDLER [ansible-stackstorm : restart stackstorm] **********************
changed: [node0]

PLAY [stackstorm_client] *******************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
ok: [node1]

TASK [ansible-users : users | managing user accounts] **************************
changed: [node1] => (item={u'comment': u'Stackstorm SSH User', u'generate_keys': True, u'preseed_user': False, u'sudo': True, u'state': u'present', u'user': u'stanley', u'pass': u'$6$8tMUxKP33/$Fb/hZBaYvyzGubO9nrlRJMjUnt3aajXZwxCifH9NYqrhjMlC9COWmNNFiMpnyNGsgmDeNCCn2wKNh0G1E1BBV0', u'system_account': False})

TASK [ansible-users : users | adding users to sudoers] *************************
changed: [node1] => (item={u'comment': u'Stackstorm SSH User', u'generate_keys': True, u'preseed_user': False, u'sudo': True, u'state': u'present', u'user': u'stanley', u'pass': u'$6$8tMUxKP33/$Fb/hZBaYvyzGubO9nrlRJMjUnt3aajXZwxCifH9NYqrhjMlC9COWmNNFiMpnyNGsgmDeNCCn2wKNh0G1E1BBV0', u'system_account': False})

TASK [ansible-users : users | removing users from sudoers] *********************
skipping: [node1] => (item={u'comment': u'Stackstorm SSH User', u'generate_keys': True, u'preseed_user': False, u'sudo': True, u'state': u'present', u'user': u'stanley', u'pass': u'$6$8tMUxKP33/$Fb/hZBaYvyzGubO9nrlRJMjUnt3aajXZwxCifH9NYqrhjMlC9COWmNNFiMpnyNGsgmDeNCCn2wKNh0G1E1BBV0', u'system_account': False})

TASK [ansible-manage-ssh-keys : manage_ssh_keys | managing ssh user keys] ******
changed: [node1] => (item=({u'state': u'present', u'remote_user': u'stanley'}, u'./[email protected]'))

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
node0                      : ok=64   changed=51   unreachable=0    failed=0
node1                      : ok=6    changed=4    unreachable=0    failed=0

So there you have it, a fully provisioned and ready StackStorm environment. We are now ready for the next post of the series where we will begin to explore the WebUI.

Enjoy!