Readme for ansible_ppdd

This Repo provides some example Roles and Playbooks to Configure a Dell PowerProtect DataDomain (PPDD) System

the Roles utilize the PPDD rest API by using the URI Method.

You can find the Roles in the Roles Directory. In the main directory, you can find several Playbooks vor example workflows.
T The vars/main.yaml essentially represents an interpolation from environment variables to ansible vars.

you calling the playbooks directly with an external vars file. Example:

ansible-playbook ansible_dps/ppdm/2.3-playbook_configure_cloud_dr_account.yml --extra-vars "@ppdm-prod/vars.yaml"

Also, most of the Variables may be looked up from ENV Vars, supporting the output from terraforming DPS

Documentation

the modules have been forked from a larger repo i maintain personally, so i start here as a Version 1 and Documentation if not inline is Pending :-(

However, usecases are described from terraforming DPS

Examples:

ansible-playbook ansible_dps/ppdm/2.3-playbook_configure_cloud_dr_account.yml --extra-vars "@ppdm-prod/vars.yaml"

Also, most of the Variables may be looked up from ENV Vars, supporting the output from terraforming DPS

here are some Examples..

export outputs from terraform into environment variables:

export DDVE_PUBLIC_FQDN=$(terraform output -raw ddve_private_ip)                
export DDVE_USERNAME=sysadmin
export DDVE_INITIAL_PASSWORD=$(terraform output -raw ddve_instance_id)
export DDVE_PASSWORD=Change_Me12345_
export PPDD_PASSPHRASE=Change_Me12345_!
export DDVE_PRIVATE_FQDN=$(terraform output -raw ddve_private_ip)
export ATOS_BUCKET=$(terraform output -raw atos_bucket)
export PPDD_TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"

set the Initial DataDomain Password

ansible-playbook ~/workspace/ansible_ppdd/1.0-Playbook-configure-initial-password.yml

If you have a valid dd license, set the variable PPDD_LICENSE, example:

export PPDD_LICENSE=$(cat ~/workspace/internal.lic)
ansible-playbook ~/workspace/ansible_ppdd/3.0-Playbook-set-dd-license.yml

next, we set the passphrase, as export PPDD_Lit is required for ATOS then, we will set the Timezone and the NTP to GCP NTP link local Server

ansible-playbook ~/workspace/ansible_ppdd/2.1-Playbook-configure-ddpassphrase.yml
ansible-playbook ~/workspace/ansible_ppdd/2.1.1-Playbook-set-dd-timezone-and-ntp-gcp.yml

Albeit there is a ansible-playbook ~/workspace/ansible_ppdd/2.2-Playbook-configure-dd-atos-aws.yml , we cannot use it, as the RestAPI Call to create Active Tier on Object is not available now for GCP... Therefore us the UI Wizard