Setting up Madek with Ansible

ATTENTION: Checkout the madek-v3 branch to deploy to testing. Unintended (bad) things can happen if you don't keep the submodules in sync when switching branches. It is probably wise to check out the madek-v3 in a different location.

Step by step procedure

Create your hosts configugration file

The easiest way is to copy the provided hosts_example file:

cp hosts_example hosts

Adjust the value of the ansible_ssh_host variable therein with the ip of your madek server. If the ip is 10.0.0.1 the line should read:

madek-host ansible_ssh_host=10.0.0.1 ansible_ssh_user=root

Install or Upgrade Madek

ansible-playbook  -i hosts play_setup-and-deploy.yml

Create a Admin User and set the Password

ansible-playbook -i hosts play_create-admin.yml -e 'admin_password=YOUR-SECRETE-PASSWORD'

Customization and Advanced Topics

Configure the Color Scheme

Madek comes with 4 predefined color schemes: green, red, blue and mono. The color scheme can be configured by setting the color_scheme variable. You can also set a custom_color variable to a valid CSS color, which will override the main color on top of the chosen scheme.

This is most conveniently performed in the variables file for your specific host. See host_vars/test-vm for example.

Configure Zencoder

Set the zencoder_enabled variable in your host file to True, and the zencoder_test_mode to your desired value (probably False).

zencoder_enabled: True
zencoder_test_mode: False

Keep these parameters in the hosts file. Run the setup-and-deploy play with an additional parameter specifying your zencoder api-key:

ansible-playbook  -i hosts play_setup-and-deploy.yml -e 'zencoder_api_key=YOUR-ZENCODER-API-KEY'

Note: The setup-and-deploy playbook will remember the zencoder_api_key. There is no need to specify it again when the setup-and-deploy playbook will be run in the future, to upgrade your madek installation e.g.

Configure Newrelic Application Monitoring

Perform the following once:

ansible-playbook  -i hosts play_setup-and-deploy.yml -e 'newrelic_key=YOUR-NEWRELIC-KEY'