updated README, added tags, fixed knownhosts, added cron mount

Makefile

@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 .PHONY: all deploy check clean create debug
 
+
 TOKEN = $(shell ansible-vault decrypt --vault-password-file \
-		        ~/.config/ansible/hcloud.secret --output - group_vars/all/vars.yaml | cut -d' ' -f2)
+		        ~/.config/ansible/hcloud.secret --output - \
+				group_vars/all/vars.yaml | cut -d' ' -f2)
 
 SNAPSHOT = $(shell hcloud image  list -t snapshot -o yaml | \
 			       yq '. | map(select(.description == "FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-hcloud-init")) | .[].id')
 
-CREATE_COMMAND = ansible-playbook create.yaml -i inventory
-DEPLOY_COMMAND = ansible-playbook deploy.yaml -i inventory
-CLEAN_COMMAND = ansible-playbook cleanup.yaml -i inventory
-HOSTS_COMMAND = ansible-playbook knownhosts.yaml -i inventory
-DEBUG_COMMAND = ansible-playbook debug.yaml -i inventory
+OPTIONS = -i inventory -t active
+CREATE_COMMAND = ansible-playbook create.yaml $(OPTIONS)
+DEPLOY_COMMAND = ansible-playbook deploy.yaml $(OPTIONS)
+CLEAN_COMMAND = ansible-playbook cleanup.yaml $(OPTIONS)
+HOSTS_COMMAND = ansible-playbook knownhosts.yaml $(OPTIONS)
+DEBUG_COMMAND = ansible-playbook debug.yaml $(OPTIONS)
 
 ENV = HCLOUD_TOKEN="$(TOKEN)" SNAPSHOT="$(SNAPSHOT)" ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY=$(verbose)
 

README.md

@@ -44,12 +44,20 @@ the yaml file containing the token might be part of your public repo,
 it is a ansible vauld, properly encrypted and the key stays local on
 your work machine.
 
+The token is then being used as an environment variable setup in the Makefile.
+
 ### To use
 
-- `make deploy`: deploy a new shell VPS and configure it
-   if it already exists, only configure
+- `make`: create a new VPS and configure it
+
+- `make create`: create a new VPS and auxillary services
+
+- `make deploy`: configure the VPS
    
 - `make clean`: remove the shell VPC. Do not do this with the production instance!
 
 
-To make the output more verbose, add `-v[vvv]` to the target, e.g.: `make depoy-vvvv`
+To make the output more verbose,  add `verbose=N` to the target, e.g.:
+`make depoy verbose=2` where N is the verbosity level (0-4)
+
+If you want to execute only a subset of a playbook, remove the `active` tag from it.

cleanup.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Remove BSDNIX Servers
+  tags: active
   hosts: vps
   connection: local
   gather_facts: False

create.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 - name: Create the home volume
+  tags: active
   hosts: localhost
   connection: local
-  # FIXME: create volume role
   roles:
     - storage
 
 - name: Create BSDNIX Servers
+  tags: active
   hosts: vps
   connection: local
   gather_facts: False
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@
 
 # during testing  the ip addresses  change all  the time, so  tune the
 # known_hosts file accordingly after setup
-# FIXME: doesn't work correctly yet
 - name: Add/cleanup public keys of all vps' to known_hosts file
+  tags: active
   hosts: localhost
   connection: local
   gather_facts: false
@@ -24,12 +25,5 @@
     ssh_known_hosts_file: "{{ lookup('env','HOME') + '/.ssh/known_hosts' }}"
     ssh_known_hosts: "{{ groups['running'] }}"
   tasks:
-    - known_hosts:
-        path: "{{ ssh_known_hosts_file }}"
-        name: "{{ item }}"
-        key: "{{ lookup('pipe','ssh-keyscan -T 10 ' + item + ',' + lookup('dig',item)) }}"
-        state: present
+    - shell: "ssh-keygen -f '/home/scip/.ssh/known_hosts' -R {{ item }}"
       loop: "{{ ssh_known_hosts | map('extract', hostvars, ['ipv6']) | list }}"
-      become: no
-
-

deploy.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Configure BSDNIX Servers
+  tags: active
   hosts: running
   gather_facts: true
   user: root

group_vars/all/all.yaml

@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ jails:
     octet: 2
 
 storage:
-  home:
+  volume:
     size: 10
     name: zhcloud # zfs pool name
-    mount: /home
     device: da1
+  mounts:
+    - mount: /home
+      name: /home
+    - mount: /var/cron/tabs
+      name: /crontabs

roles/install/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
     state: present
     ssh_keys: "{{ ssh_keys }}"
     # FIXME: https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/585
-    #volumes: "{{ storage.home.name }}"
+    #volumes: "{{ storage.volume.name }}"
   register: server
 
 - name: Attach the home volume
   hetzner.hcloud.volume:
-    name: "{{ storage.home.name }}"
+    name: "{{ storage.volume.name }}"
     server: "{{ hostname }}"
     state: present

roles/remove/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Remove volume
   hetzner.hcloud.volume:
-    name: "{{ storage.home.name }}"
+    name: "{{ storage.volume.name }}"
     state: absent
 
 - name: Remove server

roles/server/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@
     state: present
     name: "{{ packages }}"
 
-# FIXME: remove the symlink in the release snapshot
+# FIXME: remove the symlink in the next release snapshot
 - name: Remove old home sym link
   shell: |
     rm /home
     touch /tmp/.ansible.home
   args:
     creates: "/tmp/.ansible.home"
+
+- name: Remove original cron tab dir
+  shell: |
+    rm -rf /var/cron/tabs
+    touch /tmp/.ansible.crontabs
+  args:
+    creates: "/tmp/.ansible.crontabs"
     
 - name: Setup home volume partition
   shell: |
@@ -20,17 +27,20 @@
     creates: "/tmp/.ansible.gpt"
 
 - name: Setup home fs type
-  shell: "gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l {{ storage.home.name }} -a 1M {{ storage.home.device }}"
+  shell: |
+    gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l {{ storage.volume.name }} -a 1M {{ storage.volume.device }}
+    touch /tmp/.ansible.add
   args:
-    creates: "/dev/da1p1"
+    creates: "/tmp/.ansible.add"
   
-
 - name: Create zpool using home volume
-  shell: "zpool create -f {{ storage.home.name }} {{ storage.home.device }}"
+  shell: "zpool create -f {{ storage.volume.name }} {{ storage.volume.device }}"
   args:
-    creates: "/{{ storage.home.name }}"
+    creates: "/{{ storage.volume.name }}"
 
 - name: Create zfs home dataset
-  shell: "zfs create -o mountpoint={{ storage.home.mount }} {{ storage.home.name }}/home"
+  loop: "{{ storage.mounts }}"
+  shell: "zfs create -o mountpoint={{ item.mount }} {{ storage.volume.name }}{{ item.name }}"
   args:
-    creates: "/home"
+    creates: "{{ item.mount }}"
+

roles/storage/tasks/main.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Create the home volume
   hetzner.hcloud.volume:
-    name: "{{ storage.home.name }}"
+    name: "{{ storage.volume.name }}"
     location: "{{ location }}"
-    size: "{{ storage.home.size }}"
+    size: "{{ storage.volume.size }}"
     state: present