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Automating the installation and configuration of the StorageGRID host service

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You can automate the installation of the StorageGRID host service using standard orchestration frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Fabric, or SaltStack.

The StorageGRID host service is packaged in an RPM and is driven by configuration files that can be prepared ahead of time (or programmatically) to enable automated installation. If you already use a standard orchestration framework to install and configure RHEL or CentOS, adding StorageGRID to your playbooks or recipes should be straightforward.

An example Ansible role and playbook are supplied with the installation archive in the /extras folder. The Ansible playbook shows how the storagegrid role prepares the host and installs StorageGRID onto the target servers. You can customize the role or playbook as necessary.

Note The example playbook does not include the steps required to create network devices before starting the StorageGRID host service. Add these steps before finalizing and using the playbook.

You can automate all of the steps for preparing the hosts and deploying virtual grid nodes.