Ansible-HDF-Automation

Deploying Ambari-HDF Cluster using Ansible and Ambari Blueprints

Components Used

• Ansible
• Ambari Blueprints

Changes to following files need to be addressed

• Mandatory

  • hosts.ini – Mention Hostnames on node as per the role
  • ansible.cfg – remote_user – SSH User with sudo credentials
  • inventory/ssh-key.pem – Private SSH key for password-less access

• Optional

  • variables.yaml – Various Properties such as cluster_name, default_password and master Key, repo URL's etc.
  • roles/setup_hdf/files/Blueprint.json – Component Layout
  • roles/setup_hdf/templates/Host_Mapping.json.j2 – Advanced properties and Hostname-Hostgroup Mapping

Demo Flow

Ansible Playbook Execution Flow

System Prerequisites Flow

Setting up HDF Cluster using Rest API - Ambari Blusprints