topic Re: Distributed deployment using ansible-role-for-splunk? in Installation

Distributed deployment using ansible-role-for-splunk?

mickey — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:00:55 GMT

I successfully installed splunk using the ansible-role-for-splunk one a single machine. It worked as expected. I am trying now to deploy a distributed splunk system (7 VMs in total). I prepared the inventory based on https://github.com/splunk/ansible-role-for-splunk/blob/master/environments/production/inventory.yml. when i ran the playbook, the bahviour is 7 individual installations of splunk instead of a distributed installation with indexer cluster, search head etc. My understanding was that based on the group name in the inventory, ansible role will install only the required components. Is it not true?

I am posting my playbook and inventory file (as first 2 replies). thanks

Re: distributed deployment using ansible-role-for-splunk

mickey — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:00:34 GMT

Here is the inventory file:

all: children: full: children: clustermanager: hosts: lab-splunk-util: licensemaster: hosts: lab-splunk-util: # Distributed Management Console dmc: hosts: lab-splunk-util: deploymentserver: hosts: lab-splunk-depl: #Search head search: children: searchhead: hosts: lab-splunk-sh: heavyforwarder: hosts: lab-splunk-hf: indexer: hosts: lab-splunk-idx0: lab-splunk-idx1: lab-splunk-idx2:

Re: distributed deployment using ansible-role-for-splunk

mickey — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:01:47 GMT

Here is the playbook. Note that I installed the role ansible-role-for-splunk.

--- - hosts: all become: true tasks: - name: Install or Upgrade Splunk include_role: name: ansible-role-for-splunk

Re: Distributed deployment using ansible-role-for-splunk?

mickey — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:14:10 GMT

my understand is that the above ansible role will install splunk on al the nodes and based on the configurationf passed to the node, the node can play a different role (indexer, cluster manager etc.)