Mission_Control

Description

Mission_Control is a set of Rundeck projects that lets you create / start / shutdown / destroy virtual machines and containers.

Installation

First, edit the vars file with your parameters. Then, you will need to execute the install script to install all the required packages, gems and lay down the configuration files.

    cbuisson@server:~/mission_control$ ./install

To update the current configuration, edit the vars file and execute the install script again. The script can be run anytime.

Environment

Mission_Control has been developed for a brand new install of Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS.

Project: kvm-control

Launch a new personalized KVM guest with:

• SSH public keys importation
• Automatic DNS entry creation
• Static IP assignment
• VNC accessibility
• Chef-client installed and configured

kvm-control will launch the KVM guests with a fully qualified domain name .local. Bind9 will be installed/used by default to dynamically manage the DNS A and PTR records.

kvm-control was designed to work with Class C IPs. The netmask is hard coded to: 255.255.255.0.

You can also choose to start a new virtual machine with an ISO or an Ubuntu Cloud image. When an Ubuntu Cloud image is used to launch a new instance, the KVM guest will get a static IP. ISO's on the other hand, will get a DHCP IP.

Network setup (Floating IP / NAT IP)

You can choose to assign a floating IP (public address accessible by external servers on the same local network) or a NAT IP (private address accessible by the hypervisor only) when launching a new KVM guest in Rundeck. The guest will be assigned a static IP and a VNC port.

Deleting the KVM guest will release both the IP (floating or NAT) and the VNC port.

Floating IPs

You will need to edit the vars file and already have created a Linux bridge interface:

• Interface out (Must be named: br0!)
• Start IP (i.e 192.168.0.1)
• End IP (i.e 192.168.0.100)
• Gateway IP (i.e 192.168.0.254)

The kvm-control's jobs will assign floating IPs to the KVM guests. These floating IPs should be able to reach the hypervisor and the gateway IPs.

NAT IPs

By default, Libvirt will configure a new interface (virbr0) that will be managed by a DNSmasq process. DNSmasq will assign IPs to the new KVM guest with DHCP. The default range is from 192.168.122.2 to 192.168.122.254.

Chef-Server

You can optionally bootstrap the KVM guests to a Chef-Server at launch time. In order to use this feature, select the "Docker Chef container" option while running the install script. This option will appears after the installation of kvm-control.

Mission_Control will start the two following Docker instances:

Chef-Server: Comes with Chef Server 12 already installed and configured. Mission_Control will also grab the Knife admin keys and configure both your current user and the Rundeck user to be able to use the Knife command.

Chef-Rundeck: Allows Rundeck to display the Chef client nodes directly in the "Nodes" tab. Once visible, you can run commands directly to the Chef client nodes from the Rundeck UI.

Notes

• KVM guests will reach the internet trough the hypervisor via br0 when the floating IPs are selected.

• If a guest is launched with the NAT option, virbr0 (192.168.122.1) will be used to route out.

• The Chef-Server container will be accessible from the hypervisor via: HTTPS://$CHEF_SERVER_CONTAINER_NAME:$CHEF_PORT.

KVM Requirements

The hypervisor should have Virtual Technology enabled. You can test this prior the installation by running:

    cbuisson@server:~$ egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
    #Anything but 0 is good.

And after the installation:

    cbuisson@server:~$ kvm-ok
    INFO: /dev/kvm exists
    KVM acceleration can be used

Project: docker-control

You can manage Docker containers and images with this project.