SFCONFIG - Software Factory configuration management

Install Software Factory on rhel-9

Only the mimimal arch is supported on rhel-9, the arch file will be copied on /etc/software-factory/arch.yaml during ansible-playbook ansible/setup.yaml step

• Register your system

sh subscription-manager register

• Install git, pip and ansible-core

sh dnf install git python3-pip ansible-core langpacks-en glibc-all-langpacks -y

• Install ansible galaxy collection

sh ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix community.general community.mysql

• Update crypto policies to allow old packages installation

sh update-crypto-policies --set DEFAULT:SHA1

• Clone sf-config repository as root user

sh git clone https://softwarefactory-project.io/r/software-factory/sf-config

• Setup sf-config

sh cd /root/sf-config ansible-playbook ansible/setup.yaml

• install Software Factory sh /usr/local/bin/sfconfig

Ansible roles components

Each roles can define a meta/sfconfig.py file to create a Component class:

• argparse() method can expose command line argument, example: see the --zuul-merger parameter

• prepare() method can validate role requirements and define global vars, example: see the zuul-launcher prepare that automatically adds the logserver role when needed

• configure() method can be used to generate complex role parameters: ** Call add_mysql_database() to set mysql role vars to create a database ** Call generate_ssh_keys() to create ssh keys ** Convert sfconfig.yaml settings into role variables ** Render convenient variable such as internal_url