This project is released under the A-GPL License (see enclosed LICENSE.txt)

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0 - Credits

This project is heavily based on the official ansible-ubuntu project, released by the MONARC Project.

1 - What's this?

The goal of this project is to help users deploying a small instance of Monarc . By small, I mean that you're interested ONLY in the Monarc-FrontOffice component and you don't want to deploy all the other components (namely: the CFG, BOs and RPX components depicted here).

In short, you simply need to deploy a single FO (FrontOffice), just to start scratching the surface of your RiskAssessment process.

In such a case, this project include a set of ansible playbooks and roles that you can fire towards a freshly launched Ubuntu jammy (22.04), to get back a running Monarc FrontOffice instance, up-and-running.

2 - How this works?

To get your MonarcFO up-and-running, you simply need to:

1. clone this project;

2. set a MySQL password, by creating a _vault.yml file. A sample _vault.yml.sample is provided, so you can simply adapt it;

3. update the hosts file, by setting proper IP address of the freshly installed Ubuntu jammy box. Eg.:

[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$ cat hosts
[all:vars]
ansible_connection=ssh

[monarc_demo]
172.16.16.202
[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$

4. check and update the variables defined in vars.yml. Eg.:

[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$ cat vars.yml 
monarcfo_version: "v2.12.5-p4"
monarcfo_release_url: "https://github.com/monarc-project/MonarcAppFO/releases/download/{{ monarcfo_version }}/MonarcAppFO-{{ monarcfo_version }}.tar.gz"
www_vhname: "monarc.garr.lab"
db_user: "mon_user"
instance_name: "monarc@GARRLab"
emailFrom: "[email protected]"
twoFactorAuthEnforced: true
[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$

5. ensure you have SSH PASSWORDLESS ACCESS to your Linux box, and ensure you have NOPASS sudo permissions, like this:

[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$ ssh [email protected] 'sudo id'
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$ 

Now everything should be ready to fire ansible:

6. launch ansible playbook monarc_setup_fo.yml

[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$ ansible-playbook -u ubuntu -l monarc_demo monarc_setup_fo.yml

...and go getting a cup of coffee....

When finished, it should print something like:

[...]
PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************
172.16.16.202              : ok=32   changed=14   unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=3    rescued=0    ignored=0   

[verzulli@XPS monarc_deployer]$

and you're running Monarc-FO should be ready in:

http://172.16.16.102

Please note that pre-configured admin account cretentials, are the one mentioned in the official guide, namely, at the end of this paragraph