MCollective is an orchestration framework that is used to manage servers and applications. It provides a way to run commands and queries on a large number of servers at once. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MCollective on Manjaro.
Before you proceed with this tutorial, make sure you have the following:
Before you can install MCollective, you need to install the dependencies required by MCollective. You can install them using the following command:
sudo pacman -S facter ruby rubygems
This command installs the facter, ruby and rubygems packages which are required by MCollective.
To install MCollective on Manjaro, you need to follow the steps given below:
First, you need to add the MCollective repository by creating a file /etc/pacman.conf.d/mcollective and adding the following lines to it:
[mcollective]
SigLevel = Never
Server = https://downloads.puppetlabs.com/mcollective/
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Next, use the following command to install the MCollective package:
sudo pacman -S mcollective
This command installs the MCollective package along with its dependencies.
After installing MCollective, you need to configure it by creating a configuration file /etc/mcollective/server.cfg and adding the following contents to it:
main_collective = mcollective
collectives = mcollective
direct_addressing = 1
daemonize = 1
logfile = /var/log/mcollective.log
loglevel = info
securityprovider = psk
plugin.psk = mysecretkey
Here, you need to replace mysecretkey with your own secret key.
Save the changes and exit the editor.
To start the MCollective service, use the following command:
sudo systemctl start mcollective.service
This command starts the MCollective service and enables it to start automatically at boot time.
To test MCollective, run the following command:
sudo mco ping
This command sends a ping request to all servers that are configured to listen to the mcollective collective. If everything is working fine, you should see a response from all the servers.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured MCollective on Manjaro. You can now use it to manage your servers and applications.
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