Vagrant Multi-machine Setup

For local development & testing (specifically deployments via Ansible)

spin up vagrant boxes using included Vagrantfile

vagrant validate vagrant up vagrant global-status

validate each host: vagrant ssh vm#

add to inventory

[servers]
vm1
vm2
vm3

enable ssh with password

vagrant ssh vm1-3 sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config change line 65 to PA yes restart sshd

add boxes you local hosts file

sudo vim /etc/hosts:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
10.0.15.11      vm1
10.0.15.12      vm2
10.0.15.13      vm3

role structure

ansible.cfg

role defaults

role tasks

ssh-keygen

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "local vagrant dev via ansible" name key appropriately

from project folder: ansible all -i inventory.ini -m ping --become -Kk

ansible-playbook preconfigure.yml -i inventory.ini -Kk