MCollective is a tool that allows you to execute commands in a distributed environment. In this tutorial, we will be installing MCollective on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before installing MCollective, it is important to update the Ubuntu package database:
sudo apt-get update
To install MCollective, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mcollective
Once MCollective has been installed, you will need to configure the server. To do this, open the MCollective configuration file using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /etc/mcollective/server.cfg
Look for the following lines:
# plugin.activemq.pool.size = 2
# plugin.activemq.pool.1.host = localhost
# plugin.activemq.pool.1.port = 61613
# plugin.activemq.pool.2.host = localhost
# plugin.activemq.pool.2.port = 61613
Uncomment these lines by removing the "#" symbol and change the values according to your setup.
For example, if you are using RabbitMQ, you should modify these lines as follows:
plugin.rabbitmq.pool.size = 1
plugin.rabbitmq.pool.1.host = localhost
plugin.rabbitmq.pool.1.port = 5672
plugin.rabbitmq.pool.1.user = guest
plugin.rabbitmq.pool.1.password = guest
plugin.rabbitmq.pool.1.vhost = /
Once you've configured the MCollective server, start the service using the following command:
sudo service mcollective start
To install the MCollective client, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mcollective-client
You can test MCollective by running the following command:
sudo mco ping
This command will return a list of all the nodes that have successfully responded to the ping command.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MCollective on Ubuntu Server Latest.
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