VCF 5.0 – VCF bring-up with Ansible

This post describes how to perform VCF bringup via Ansible. If you need another VCF related ansible playbooks check rest of my blog posts in here.

Backing to VCF bringup, my folder structure is as follow:

startVcfBringup.yml
/roles/
  /runVcfBringup/
    /defaults/
      main.yml
    /tasks/
      main.yml
      validateVcfBringup.yml
      startVcfBringup.yml

startVcfBringup.yml playbook

# Playbook performs validation and deployment of SDDC via CloudBuilder API
---
- name: Start VCF bringup
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars_files:
    - group_vars/myVars
  tasks:
    - name: Import role runVcfBringup
      include_role:
        name: runVcfBringup

/roles/runVcfBringup/defaults/main.yml

• cloudBuilderRestApiSddcValidate – var for Cloud Builder API used for input specification validation.

• cloudBuilderRestApiSddcCreate: var for Cloud Builder API used triggering the task using the valid input specification.

• bringupJsonPath – var for location on my ansible host where Deployment Parameter Workbook file converted to json is located (input specification).

---
# defaults file for runVcfBringup

cloudBuilderRestApiSddcValidate: "https://{{ CloudBuilderFQDN }}/v1/sddcs/validations"
cloudBuilderRestApiSddcCreate: "https://{{ CloudBuilderFQDN }}/v1/sddcs"
bringupJsonPath: "/home/admin/vcfBringup.json"
cbAdminUser: "admin"
cbAdminUserPassword: "P@ssw0rd"

/roles/runVcfBringup/tasks/main.yml

---

- name: Validate JSON input for VCF bring up
  import_tasks: validateVcfBringup.yml

- name: Create VCF bringup basing on JSON input
  import_tasks: startVcfBringup.yml

/roles/runVcfBringup/tasks/validateVcfBringup.yml

---
#validateVcfBringup.yml

- name: Trigger VCF parameter Workbook JSON input validation
  uri:
    url: "{{ cloudBuilderRestApiSddcValidate }}"
    method: POST
    user: "{{ cbAdminUser }}"
    password: "{{ cbAdminUserPassword }}"
    validate_certs: no
    force_basic_auth: yes
    return_content: yes
    body_format: json
    body: "{{ lookup('file','{{ bringupJsonPath }}') }}"
    status_code: 200,202
  register: vcfBringupValidation

- name: Register validation task ID
  set_fact:
    validationId: "{{ vcfBringupValidation.json.id }}"

- name: Get validation status
  uri:
    url: "{{ cloudBuilderRestApiSddcValidate }}/{{ validationId }}"
    method: GET
    user: "{{ cbAdminUser }}"
    password: "{{ cbAdminUserPassword }}"
    validate_certs: no
    force_basic_auth: yes
    return_content: yes
    body_format: json
  register: vcfBringupValidationQuery
  until: (vcfBringupValidationQuery.json.resultStatus | lower == 'succeeded') or (vcfBringupValidationQuery.json.resultStatus | lower == 'failed')
  delay: 30
  retries: 200

- name: Show validation report
  debug: 
    var: vcfBringupValidationQuery
    verbosity: 1

- name: Error message if validation failed
  fail:
    msg: 
      - "Validation failed. Failed steps have to be fixed before continue."
  when: vcfBringupValidationQuery.json.resultStatus | lower == 'failed'

- name: No error message if validation is successful
  debug:
    msg: "Validation successful. Proceeding with VCF bring up."
  when: vcfBringupValidationQuery.json.resultStatus | lower == 'succeeded'

/roles/runVcfBringup/tasks/startVcfBringup.yml

---
#startVcfBringup.yml

- name: Start VCF bring-up process
  uri:
    url: "{{ cloudBuilderRestApiSddcCreate }}"
    method: POST
    user: "{{ cbAdminUser }}"
    password: "{{ cbAdminUserPassword }}"
    validate_certs: no
    force_basic_auth: yes
    return_content: yes
    body_format: json
    body: "{{ lookup('file','{{ bringupJsonPath }}') }}"
    status_code: 200,202
  register: vcfBringupCreation

- name: Register creation task ID
  set_fact:
    taskId: "{{ vcfBringupCreation.json.id }}"

- name: Get creation task status
  uri:
    url: "{{ cloudBuilderRestApiSddcCreate }}/{{ taskId }}"
    method: GET
    user: "{{ cbAdminUser }}"
    password: "{{ cbAdminUserPassword }}"
    validate_certs: no
    force_basic_auth: yes
    return_content: yes
    body_format: json
  register: vcfBringupCreationTask
  until: (vcfBringupCreationTask.json.status | lower == 'completed_with_success') or (vcfBringupCreationTask.json.status | lower == 'completed_with_failure')
  delay: 60
  retries: 200

- name: Show creation report
  debug: 
    var: vcfBringupCreationTask
    verbosity: 1

- name: Error message if creation failed
  fail:
    msg: 
      - "VCF bring up failed. Failed steps have to be fixed before continue. Task have to be retried. Task ID: {{ taskId }}"
  when: vcfBringupCreationTask.json.status | lower == 'completed_with_failure'

- name: No error message if creation is successful
  debug:
    msg: "VCF bring up performed successfully."
  when: vcfBringupCreationTask.json.status | lower == 'completed_with_success'