Create a virtual dev server for greenplum

Ansible and serverspec for my ubuntu based dev server for Greenplum. It provides the basic packages needed to work on the Greenplum code as well as specific user preferences.

Should possibly be extended to other OS's later.

You should be able to run this from OS X. Requires or has been tested with:

* Vagrant 2.2.2
* ansible 2.7.5
* virtualbox 6.0

Once the machine is up and running, you should be able to connect via:

ssh <ipv4> -l <user> -A

Information regarding will be printed on the stdout via ansible, example:

"Access your user on 172.16.254.1"

Alternatively you can request the information from the remote via ansible, example:

ansible  -i  <path>/vagrant_ansible_inventory -m setup -a 'filter=ansible_all_*addresses' <box_name>

Vagrantfile

The initial Vagrantfile has been taken via:

vagrant init ubuntu/bionic64

And then slightly modified to mount shared folders set up and provision via ansible.

Use via:

vagrant up - to start your vm
vagrant halt - to halt
vagrant provision - to apply ansible changes if needed

When making changes to Vagrantfile, validate before applying them:

vagrant validate vagrant reload --provision

Shared folders

To add or update shared folders use:

config.vm.synced_folder

in Vagrantfile

Disksise

The /home directory on the host has been resized to 80Gb using a vagrant pluggin. If you don't require to resize you can remove the relevant line from the Vagrantfile. Otherwise you have to install vagrant-disksize.

vagrant plugin install vagrant-disksize

Ansible

If changes are made, then reprovision

vagrant provision

Roles

Ansible has been split into:

- vmsetup:
	Contains the packages that need to be installed
- develop:
	Contains user info

You can add your user on roles/develop/defaults/main.yml and then populate roles/develop/files/<user>/ with your desired files. Additional required packages for your environment should be added in the develop role main tasks.