Preparations for the tutorial "Zero Downtime Deployment with Ansible"

Requirements.md

Preparations for the tutorial "Zero Downtime Deployment with Ansible"

Install Ansible

Mac:

Install Python setuptools: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installation-instructions

If you prefer not to install packages to your global site-packages you can install and use virtualenv: http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

sudo easy_install pip

sudo pip install paramiko PyYAML jinja2 passlib

sudo pip install ansible

Then, if you're going to update ansible later, just do:

sudo pip install ansible --upgrade

Other:

http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_installation.html#installing-the-control-machine

Install VirtualBox and Extension Pack

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Install Vagrant

http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/installation/

Install vagrant-cachier plugin to speed up apt with a shared cache between boxes:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier

Install vagrant-hostmanager plugin to manage the /etc/hosts file on guest machines and the host:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmanager

Install Java and Maven (Optional)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javase/index-jsp-138363.html

http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

Clone the tutorial repo:

git clone https://github.com/steinim/zero-downtime-ansible.git