How to Install DebOps on NetBSD

DebOps is a set of Ansible playbooks that allow you to automatically provision and manage your infrastructure. In this tutorial, we'll go over the steps required to install DebOps on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• A machine running NetBSD.
• Root access to the machine.
• Internet connectivity.
• Ansible version 2.8 or higher installed.

Installation

1. Install the Git package.

pkg_add git

2. Clone the DebOps repository to your NetBSD machine.

git clone https://github.com/debops/debops.git

3. Change the directory to the cloned DebOps directory.

cd debops

4. Install the necessary Python packages using pip.

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Copy the example inventory file to inventory/hosts.

cp inventory/hosts.example inventory/hosts

6. Open up the inventory file and add the IP address of the machine you want to provision.

nano inventory/hosts

You should see a section that looks like this:

[debops_all_hosts]
# This section should contain a list of all hosts in the "production" environment.

#[debops_all_hosts:children]
# Put additional host groups here if needed.

#[debops_all_hosts:vars]
# Put variables for all hosts in the "production" environment here.
# Examples:
# debops_sshd__config__permit_root_login: False
# debops_rsnapshot__cron__backup_cmds: [ '/usr/local/bin/rsnapshot', 'daily' ]

Uncomment the [debops_all_hosts] line, then add the IP address of the machine you want to provision, like so:

[debops_all_hosts]
192.168.1.230

7. Run the following command to verify that the DebOps installation works:

ansible -i inventory/hosts all -m ping

You should see output similar to the following:

192.168.1.230 | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}

This indicates that Ansible is able to connect to the machine.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You've successfully installed DebOps on your NetBSD machine. You can now use it to automate the provisioning and management of your infrastructure.

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