Cronus Agent - a RESTful agent automation framework

========== ###Install Install from stable build

Prerequisites:

• linux (Ubuntu, Cent, Redhat, Fedora etc.)
• sudo permission
• python2.7 or 2.6
• openssl 0.9.8 or above
• wget
• system management daemon systemd or upstart

# Install agent in /var/cronus with default ssl cert and no password
 wget -qO- 'http://cronuspaas.github.io/downloads/install_agent' | sudo dev=true bash
# custom ssl cert and user:password for basic auth
 wget -qO- 'http://cronuspaas.github.io/downloads/install_agent' \
 | sudo server_pem=path_to_ssl_cert agent_pwd=user:password bash

Verify successful installation

# Check agent validate internal page
 curl -k https://localhost:19000/agent/ValidateInternals

###Package application for cronus deployment Prepare your application for cronus deployment

Bootstrap cronus package structures

If your application stack is not already supported in git repo cronuspackage, bootstrap it with command

 wget -qO- 'http://cronuspaas.github.io/downloads/bootstrap_cronus' | DIR=. bash

Cronus packaging

Change <myapp_root_dir>/package.sh to fill in right value for appname, version

./package.sh .

Result cronus package files with .cronus and .cronus.prop extension in cronus_target folder

###Build from source Build from source if prebuild package does not work for you

build python package

 cd ~/proj/python-package
 ant package -Ddeploylocal=true
 ant -Dbuildnum=1 ... (build version 0.1.1)

python package is in /target/dist as a cronus package

build agent package

cd ~/proj/agent
ant package
ant -Dbuildnum=1 -Dnotest=true package (build version 0.1.1)
#agent and agent config package are in /target/dist as cronus packages

install from local build

# first build agent and pypkg as above
cd agent/scripts/install
./install_localbuild.sh 0.1.1 0.1.1 /var path_to_ssl_cert user:password

###Development

Users and permissions

cd agent/scripts/build
sudo ./add_users.sh
sudo echo '_your_local_user  ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' >>/etc/sudoers

On Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install ant git

#for pyopenssl dependency
sudo apt-get install gcc build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

#ubuntu with python2.7 need the following fix
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/plat-*/_sysconfigdata_nd.py /usr/lib/python2.7/

On Redhat

sudo yum install ant git

#for pyopenssl dependency
sudo yum install gcc libffi-devel python-devel openssl-devel