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BeeGFS on NetApp with E-Series Storage

Set up an Ansible control node

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To set up an Ansible control node, you must designate a virtual or physical machine with network access to all file and block nodes deployed for the BeeGFS on NetApp solution.

Review the Technical requirements for a list of recommended package versions. The following steps were tested on Ubuntu 22.04. For steps specific to your preferred Linux distribution, see the Ansible documentation.

  1. From your Ansible control node, install the following Python and Python Virtual Environment packages.

    sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3.10-venv

  2. Create a Python virtual environment

    python3 -m venv ~/pyenv

  3. Activate the virtual environment.

    source ~/pyenv/bin/activate

  4. Install the required Python packages within the activated virtual environment.

    pip install ansible netaddr cryptography passlib

  5. Install the BeeGFS collection using Ansible Galaxy.

    ansible-galaxy collection install netapp_eseries.beegfs

  6. Verify the installed versions of Ansible, Python, and the BeeGFS collection match the Technical requirements.

    ansible --version
ansible-galaxy collection list netapp_eseries.beegfs

  7. Set up passwordless SSH to allow Ansible to access the remote BeeGFS file nodes from the Ansible control node.

    1. On the Ansible control node, if needed, generate a pair of public keys.

      ssh-keygen

    2. Set up passwordless SSH to each of the file nodes.

      ssh-copy-id <ip_or_hostname>
Important Do not set up passwordless SSH to the block nodes. This is neither supported nor required.