Stackstorm DevOps server

In this tutorial a ready-to-use Stackstorm server is deployed.

Requirements for this use case

  • Add a Network Domain
  • Add an Ethernet network
  • Deploy a Ubuntu server
  • Monitor this server
  • Assign a public IPv4 address
  • Add address translation to ensure end-to-end IP connectivity
  • Add firewall rule to accept TCP traffic on port 22 (ssh), 80 and 443 (web)
  • Install StackStorm

Fittings plan

Copy the text below and put it in a text file named fittings.yaml:

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 locationId: AU10
 regionId: dd-au

 blueprints:

   - stackstorm:

       domain:
         name: StackstormFox
         service: essentials
         ipv4: auto

       ethernet:
         name: stackstorm.ethernet
         subnet: 192.168.20.0

       nodes:

         - stackstorm:

             cpu: 4
             memory: 8
             monitoring: essentials
             glue:
               - internet 22 80 443

             information:
               - "open a browser at https://{{ node.public }}/ to view it live"

             cloud-config:
               disable_root: false
               ssh_pwauth: true
               packages:
                 - ntp
               runcmd:
                 - curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DimensionDataCBUSydney/st2_dimensiondata/master/install-au.sh | sh

Deployment commands

$ python -m plumbery fittings.yaml deploy

This command will build fittings as per the provided plan, start the server and bootstrap it.

You can find the public address assigned to the web server like this:

$ python -m plumbery fittings.yaml information

Follow-up commands

Open a browser window and paste the public address reported by plumbery. You should receive a login page in return.

Destruction commands

The more servers you have, the more costly it is. Would you like to stop the invoice?

$ python -m plumbery fittings.yaml stop
$ python -m plumbery fittings.yaml destroy