This blog is a third in series in continuation to my previous blogs viz Ansible Playbook to automate Salt Minion deployment and Setup Salt Minion in a Python3 Virtual Environment on a Redhat or Centos. In this blog, get to know how to implement Salt Minion in python 3 virtual environment running on windows servers using Ansible 🙂
To communicate between windows manage nodes andAnsible control nodes, WinRM is used to establish connection and execute playbooks or commands using powershell. To do the required configuration, please follow the steps provided here.
If you have followed the above steps you should be able to reach windows hosts using the ansible command ansible windows -m win_ping. If the response succeeds then proceed with the below steps.
Ansible playbook to install python3.7, salt and setup salt-minion to run in virtual environment on windows
# vi: set shiftwidth=2 tabstop=2 softtabstop=-1 expandtab: # Pre-requisites: # - All target hosts are added to the domain # - User with domain admin rights required to run the playbooks # - Existing Salt minion and service will be removed --- - name: Ansible Playbook to install Salt Minion in a Python Virtual Environment hosts: windows tasks: # Step 1 : Remove standard salt minion service - name: Remove standardsalt-minion service win_service: name: salt-minion state: absent ignore_errors: true # Step 2 : Check if salt directory exists - name: Check if salt directory exists win_stat: path='C:\salt\scripts' register: saltstatus - debug: var: saltstatus # Step 3 : Uninstall salt minion if exists - name: Uninstall standard salt-minion win_package: path: C:\salt\uninst.exe product_id: salt state: absent arugments: /S when: not saltstatus.stat.exists # Step 4 : Remove standard salt minion's salt directory - name: Remove c:\salt directory win_file: path: C:\salt state: absent when: not saltstatus.stat.exists # Step 5 : Create directory structure to deploy salt-minion - name: Create directory structure win_file: path: C:\salt-deploy state: directory # Step 6 : Copy python 3.7, salt repo and virtual env files - name: Copy python installer, salt repo and virtual env files win_copy: src: /salt-deploy/files/win dest: C:\salt-deploy\ # Step 7 : Check if python already installed by this playbook previously - name: Check to see if Python is installed win_stat: path='C:\python37' register: pythonstatus - debug: var: pythonstatus # Step 8 : Install python silently using the options provided in the # unttend.xml file. Python is installed to c:\python37 directory - name: Install python raw: 'C:\salt-deploy\win\python-3.7.6-amd64.exe unattend.xml /quiet' when: not pythonstatus.stat.exists register: pythonsetup - debug: var: pythonsetup # Step 9 : Extract salt from the zip archive to c:\salt directory - name: Extract salt to c:\salt win_unzip: src: 'C:\salt-deploy\win\salt.zip' dest: 'C:\' when: not saltstatus.stat.exists # Step 10 : Check if python virtual environment exists - name: Check salt-minion Venv exists win_stat: path='C:\min_venv' register: minionstatus - debug: var: minionstatus # Step 11 : Extract python virtual environment to c:\min_venv directory - name: Setup salt-minion Venv win_unzip: src: 'C:\salt-deploy\win\min_venv.zip' dest: 'C:\' when: not minionstatus.stat.exists # Step 12 : Update the hosts file with salt master ip address and hostname - name: Add salt-master IP and Hostname to hosts files win_lineinfile: path: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts regex: '# 127\.0\.0\.1' insertafter: '^127\.0\.0\.1' line: 10.100.249.87 salt # Step 13 : Check if Salt Minion Service is already installed - name: Check Salt Minion service installed win_service: name: Minion-Venv register: service_info - debug: var: service_info # Step 14 : Install Salt Minion as Service from start.bat batch file # using nssm utility https://nssm.cc/ if not installed already - name: Install Minion Service using NSSM raw: 'C:\salt-deploy\win\nssm.exe install Minion-Venv C:\salt-deploy\win\start.bat' register: minionsvc when: not service_info.exists == true - debug: var: minionsvc # Step 15 : Start Salt Minion Service if not running already - name: Start Minion Service raw: 'C:\salt-deploy\win\nssm.exe start Minion-Venv' register: startminion when: not service_info.state == 'running' - debug: var: startminion
Hope you’ve followed all the steps and able to configure Salt Minion in a Python virtual environment on windows successfully.
What am I missing here? Let me know in the comments and I’ll add it in!
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