Almost automated step by step walkthrough of full lab deployment

This is will be the complete walkthrough of the deployment of my homelab.

On a PC/laptop, clone this git repo

Create your vault file for secrets (and store somewhere safe)

echo 'master-ansible-password' > ~/.vault_pass.txt
chmod 644 ~/.vault_pass.txt

Add "export ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE=~/.vault_pass.txt" to your shell profile.

Create vault file

cd homelab/group_vars/all
ansible-vault create vault

Modify ansible variables for your environment

Network Manual

Storage Manual

Proxmox Manual

Unbound DNS Manual

Build infra01

Copy .vault_pass.txt from laptop and set env variable
Clone git repo

Install ansible required packages

scp ~/.vault_pass.txt infra01:.
ssh infra01

cd homelab
ansible-galaxy collection install -r
ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml 10-sno-hub-cluster/install.yml

Other needed software:

kustomize
oc
ansible
terraform

FreeIPA Manual

Templates Manual

Matchbox Manual

Downloading the Agent-based Installer

Hub Cluster In Progress

Prepare matchbox to install hub cluster

Running this playbook will configure Matchbox to wait for the sno-cluster to boot via iPXE and will install Single Node OpenShift. All configuration files are built from templates driven from Ansible variables.
```
cd homelab
ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml 10-sno-hub-cluster/install.yml
```
PXE boot the SNO host

Boot host to boot options menu:
- <F12> for Dell 7050
Select NIC with matching MAC to boot from

Monitor installation process

openshift-install --dir homelab/10-sno-hub-cluster/03-openshift-image agent wait-for bootstrap-complete --log-level=debug

Admin password and kubeconfig are in the homelab/10-sno-hub-cluster/03-openshift-image/auth directory
Bootstrap ACM

Running this playbook will configure Matchbox to wait for the sno-cluster to boot via iPXE and will install Single Node OpenShift. All configuration files are built from templates driven from Ansible variables.
```
ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml 10-sno-hub-cluster/install2.yml
```

10-sno-hub-cluster/05-bootstrap-acm/bootstrap.sh

Internal Cluster TBD

(Deployed in conjunction with ACM)

External Cluster TBD