sumaform is a way to quickly configure test SUSE Manager setups with clients and servers.
It got its portmanteau name being the successor of suminator implemented as Terraform modules.
openSUSE 42.2, 42.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:
# Uncomment one of the following lines depending on your distro
#sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/SilvioMoioli:/tools/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/home:SilvioMoioli:tools.repo
#sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/SilvioMoioli:/tools/SLE_12_SP1/home:SilvioMoioli:tools.repo
sudo zypper install terraform-provider-libvirt
git clone https://github.com/moio/sumaform.git
Ubuntu and Debian:
sudo apt install alien
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/SilvioMoioli:/tools/SLE_12_SP1/x86_64/terraform.rpm
sudo alien -i terraform.rpm
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/SilvioMoioli:/tools/SLE_12_SP1/x86_64/terraform-provider-libvirt.rpm
sudo alien -i terraform-provider-libvirt.rpm
git clone https://github.com/moio/sumaform.git
You will need to edit HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) files. Syntax highlighting is available in major text editors like atom.
sumaform can deploy virtual machines to:
- single libvirt hosts
- Amazon Web Services
The simplest, recommended setup is to use libvirt on your local host. That needs at least 8 GB of RAM in your machine. If you need a lot of VMs or lack hardware you probably want using an external libvirt host with bridged networking is also possible.
The Amazon Web Services backend has been developed for scalability tests of SUSE Manager and it is only currently used in that context.
In sumaform you define a set of virtual machines in a main.tf configuration file, then run Terraform to have them deployed. Contents of the file vary slightly depending on the backend you choose.
Refer to specific READMEs to get started:
Refer to the official guides for a general understanding of Terraform and full commands.
For a very quick start:
vim main.tf # change your VM setup
terraform get # populates modules
terraform plan # show the provisioning plan
terraform apply # bring up your systems, fasten your seatbelts!
Please see README_ADVANCED.md.
Check TROUBLESHOOTING.md first, if that does not help feel free to drop a line to moio at suse dot de!