"Rundeck OpenSource Workflow Automation" - Enables Self-Service Operations - Easy to use, easy to learn / Michael Sodan (inovex GmbH), August 2014

1. Rundeck – OpenSource Workflow Automation
Enables Self-Service Operations
Easy to use, easy to learn
Michael Sodan, Inovex GmbH
Karlsruhe, 29.8.2014

2. 2
Agenda
1. Overview - What is Rundeck
2. Overview - Plugins / Integrations
3. Projects - Ressource Model Provider
4. Projects - Node Executor / File Copier
5. Nodes - Filtering Nodes / Tagging / Integrations
6. Jobs – Scripts / Commands
7. Showcase

3. 3
What is Rundeck?
Rundeck is a web-accessible console for
dispatching commands and scripts to your nodes!
Think of rexify, and think of a GUI for it!
It can be also used for deployments, ops tasks etc...

4. 4
Plugins / Integrations
Integrate Rundeck in the following environments
Michael Sodan – Inovex GmbH – msodan@inovex.de

5. 5
Ressource Model Provider – Node management
Several Sources can be used for example:
- Files in a supported format (yaml or xml)
- Directory including the above supported files
- Own script to produce the node data
- Url Sources (can be used with plugins like puppet)
Michael Sodan – Inovex GmbH – msodan@inovex.de

6. 6
Node Executor / File Copier
How is Rundeck dispatching commands to the nodes?
- Rundeck simply uses privatekey authentication
How is Rundeck copying scripts to the nodes?
- Rundeck simply uses SCP
What else is possible?
-You can use custom ssh commandsthrough the script
option for example:
script-exec: ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -t -t $
{node.username}@${node.hostname} -- ${exec.command}
Michael Sodan – Inovex GmbH – msodan@inovex.de

7. How can I select only some specific nodes for execution?
7
Filtering Nodes / Tagging / Integrations
- Nodes can be filtered with simple regular expressions
- You can use tags predefined for example in Puppet
- Filters can be saved for later faster use
Michael Sodan – Inovex GmbH – msodan@inovex.de

8. 8
Jobs / Commands / Scripts
Within Rundeck you can easily create:
- Jobs (can be triggered by the scheduler or on- demand
- dispatch Scripts to the selected nodes
- or simply some user defined commands
Michael Sodan – Inovex GmbH – msodan@inovex.de

9. 9
Showcase
Some Essentials
- Installation through precompiled .deb or .rpm
- Login can be found on $host:4440
- Use "admin" for username and password.
- Command Line Tools for creating / saving
Projects and Jobs
- You can also use the Web API to interface with all
aspects of node and Job execution.
(http://rundeck.org/docs/api/index.html)
Michael Sodan – Inovex GmbH – msodan@inovex.de

10. 10
Links / Informations
More informations can be found here:
- http://rundeck.org/docs/
- http://rundeck.org/plugins/index.html
- https://github.com/rundeck-plugins/
- https://github.com/jamtur01/puppet-rundeck
The ready to go test environment can be found here:
- https://bitbucket.org/msodan/docker_rundeck/src
Michael Sodan – Inovex GmbH – msodan@inovex.de

11. Any questions?

12. 12
Thank your very much for your patience!
Contact
Michael Sodan
IT Engineering & Operations
inovex GmbH
Office Karlsruhe
Park Plaza / Ludwig Erhard Allee 6
76131 Karlsruhe
+49 173 3181 108
michael.sodan@inovex.de