rookout-packer

Quick start from pre builded OVA image:

1. Download OVA image and validate checksum
2. Import VM from image
3. SSH to yor VM using username: admin and password: packerubuntu
4. Change ROOKOUT_TOKEN value in /etc/rookout/config file
5. Restart rookout-controller and rookout-data-on-prem services

sudo systemctl start rookout-controller.service

sudo systemctl restart rookout-data-on-prem.service

6. Checking connectivity on localhost

curl localhost:7488

curl localhost:8080

You must get outputs:

Rookout Service [OK] - connect to this endpoint using our SDK. More information is available on https://docs.rookout.com

and

Rookout Datastore [OK] - finish the installation by following the instructions at https://docs.rookout.com/docs/dop-install/

6. Remove admin user and configure ssh access regarding your security policies
7. Change your network configuration regarding your network policies

Controller an Data-On-Prem configuration

Edit /etc/rookout/config/controller/env and /etc/rookout/config/data-onprem/env and restart rookout-controller and rookout-data-on-prem services

How to configure TLS

Data-OnPrem:

1. Set value of ROOKOUT_DOP_SERVER_MODE to TLS in data-onprem config (/etc/rookout/config/data-onprem/env) file
2. Place certificate and key to /etc/rookout/config/data-onprem/certs directory as cert.pem and key.pem
3. If you are using self-signed cerificate, set value of ROOKOUT_DOP_NO_SSL_VERIFY in controller config (/etc/rookout/config/controller/env) to true (Required rookout-controller service restart)
4. Restart rookout-data-on-prem service

Controller:

1. Set value of ROOKOUT_CONTROLLER_SERVER_MODE to TLS in controller config (/etc/rookout/config/data-onprem/env) file
2. Place certificate and key to /etc/rookout/config/controller/certs directory as tls.crt and tls.key
3. Restart rookout-controller service

Build image with packer

Suported builder: vmware-iso https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/plugins/builders/vmware/iso

Supported source OS: ubuntu

Requred VMware Fusion for OS X, VMware Workstation for Linux and Windows or VMware Player on Linux.

Requred ovftool.

packer build -var "token=YOUR_TOKEN" .