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Overview

The playbook and roles in this section install and configure the Itential Automation Gateway (IAG). There are currently two IAG-related roles:

  • gateway – Installs IAG and performs a base configuration.
  • gateway_haproxy – Installs and configures HAProxy.

Roles

Gateway Role

The gateway role performs a base install of IAG including any OS packages required. It includes the appropriate versions of Python, Pip, and Ansible. It creates the appropriate Linux users, directories, log files, and systemd services. It will start the automation-gateway service when complete.

Gateway HAProxy Role

The gateway_haproxy role will install and configure an HAProxy instance as an HTTPS proxy for IAG.

Variables

Static Variables

The variables located in the vars directory of each role are "static" and not meant to be overridden by the user. Since these variable files are included at run-time based on the IAG release and OS major version, they have a higher precedence than the variables in the inventory and are not easily overridden.

Gateway Role Variables

The variables in this section may be overridden in the inventory in the gateway group vars.

Variable Group Type Description Default Value Required?
iag_release gateway Fixed-point Designates which major release version of IAG to install. N/A Yes
iag_whl_file gateway String The name of the IAG wheel file to install. N/A Yes

Both the iag_release and iag_whl_file must be configured in the inventory.

The following table lists the default variables located in roles/gateway/defaults/main.yml.

Variable Group Type Description Default Value
iag_enable_ansible gateway Boolean Flag to enable Ansible. true
iag_enable_nornir gateway Boolean Flag to enable Nornir. true
iag_enable_netmiko gateway Boolean Flag to enable Netmiko. true
iag_enable_scripts gateway Boolean Flag to enable scripts. true
iag_enable_httpreq gateway Boolean Flag to enable HTTP requests. true
iag_enable_netconf gateway Boolean Flag to enable Netconf requests. true
iag_enable_python_venv gateway Boolean Flag to enable Python virtual environments. true
iag_enable_grpc gateway Boolean Flag to enable GRPC requests. true
iag_enable_git gateway Boolean Flag to enable Git integration. true
iag_install_dir gateway String The base directory where to install the IAG files. /opt/automation-gateway
iag_data_dir gateway String The IAG data directory. /opt/automation-gateway
iag_log_dir gateway String The IAG log directory. /var/log/automation-gateway
iag_port gateway Integer The IAG HTTP listen port. 8083
iag_properties_location gateway String The location of the IAG configuration file. /etc/automation-gateway
iag_user gateway String The IAG Linux user. itential
iag_group gateway String The IAG Linux group. itential
iag_https gateway Boolean Flag to enable HTTPS. false
iag_https_port gateway Integer The IAG or HAProxy HTTPS listen port. 8443
iag_ssl_copy_certs gateway Boolean Flag to enable copying the IAG SSL certificate. true
iag_ssl_dir gateway String The IAG SSL directory. {{ iag_install_dir }}/conf/certs
iag_ssl_cert_src gateway String The SSL cert file. server.crt
iag_ssl_cert_dest gateway String The SSL cert destination. {{ iag_ssl_dir }}/{{ iag_ssl_cert_src }}
iag_ssl_key_src gateway String The SSL key file. server.key
iag_ssl_key_dest gateway String The SSL key file destination. {{ iag_ssl_dir }}/{{ iag_ssl_key_src }}
iag_ssl_rootca_src gateway String The SSL root CA file. rootCA.crt
iag_ssl_rootca_dest gateway String The SSL root CA destination. {{ iag_ssl_dir }}/{{ iag_ssl_rootca_src }}
iag_tlsv1_2 gateway Boolean Flag to enable TLS 1.2. false
iag_http_server_threads gateway Integer The number of http server threads for handling requests. {{ ansible_processor_cores * 4 }}

Gateway HAProxy Role Variables

The variables in this section may be overridden in the inventory in the gateway group vars.

The following table lists the default variables located in roles/gateway_haproxy/defaults/main.yml.

Variable Group Type Description Default Value
iag_haproxy gateway Boolean Flag to enable HAProxy. false
haproxy_conf_file gateway String The location of the HAProxy configuration file. /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
haproxy_ssl_cert_src gateway String The HAProxy SSL certificate file. server.pem
haproxy_ssl_cert_dest gateway String The HAProxy SSL certificate destination. "/etc/ssl/certs{{ haproxy_ssl_cert_src }}"

Configuring HTTPS

The Gateway roles support two methods for configuring HTTPS - IAG Native HTTPS and HTTPS via HAProxy. The Gateway roles do not generate SSL certificates.

IAG Native HTTPS

To configure IAG Native HTTPS:

  • Required
    • Set iag_https to true in the inventory.
    • Place the SSL certs and keys in either the playbook or role files directory.
    • Do not configure iag_haproxy in the inventory so HTTPS via HAProxy does not get installed.
  • Optional
    • Set SSL-related variables from roles/gateway/defaults/main.yml in the inventory.

HTTPS Via HAProxy

To configure HTTPS via HAProxy:

  • Required
    • Set iag_haproxy to true in the inventory.
    • Place the SSL certificate (PEM file) in either the playbook or role files directory.
    • Do not configure iag_https in the inventory so IAG Native HTTPS does not get configured.
  • Optional
    • Set the haproxy_ssl_cert_src and haproxy_ssl_cert_dest variables in the inventory.

Itential does not attempt to create any HTTPS certificates. These must be created independently. When they are included in the appropriate location the installer will ensure that they get uploaded to the correct location.

Building the Inventory

To install and configure IAG, add a gateway group and host(s) to your inventory and configure the iag_release and iag_whl_file.

Example Inventory - Single IAG Node

all:
    children:
        gateway:
            hosts:
                <host1>:
                    ansible_host: <addr1>
            vars:
                iag_release: 2023.1
                iag_whl_file: <wheel-file>

To configure IAG Native HTTPS, add the iag_https flag to the gateway group and set it to true and configure the SSL-related variables (optional).

Example Inventory - IAG Native SSL

all:
    children:
        gateway:
            hosts:
                <host1>:
                    ansible_host: <addr1>
            vars:
                iag_release: 2023.1
                iag_whl_file: <wheel-file>
                iag_https: true

To configure HTTPS via HAProxy, add the iag_haproxy flag to the gateway group and set it to true.

Example Inventory - IAG SSL Via HAProxy

all:
    children:
        gateway:
            hosts:
                <host1>:
                    ansible_host: <addr1>
            vars:
                iag_release: 2023.1
                iag_whl_file: <wheel-file>
                iag_haproxy: true

Running the Playbook

To execute all Gateway roles, run the gateway playbook:

ansible-playbook itential.deployer.gateway -i <inventory>

You can also run select IAG roles by using the following tags:

  • gateway_install
  • gateway_haproxy

To execute only the gateway role, run the itential.deployer.gateway playbook with the gateway_install tag:

ansible-playbook itential.deployer.gateway -i <inventory> --tags gateway_install

To execute only the gateway_haproxy role, run the itential.deployer.gateway playbook with the gateway_haproxy tag:

ansible-playbook itential.deployer.gateway -i <inventory> --tags gateway_haproxy