Role Name

This role installs and configures the End Point Operations (EpOps) agent on Linux machines and registers them with VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROps).

Requirements

• Existing vRealize Operations Manager environment online, licensed, and functional.
• Connectivity from the managed/deployed node to the vROps cluster.
• The EpOps RPM file downloaded and stored in the files directory within this role (or otherwise from Ansible).
• The checksum using the SHA1 algorithm of the EpOps agent RPM file.
• A role created and configured inside of vROps with the Manage Agents permission assigned.
• Guest OS which is officially compatible with the EpOps agent.

Notes

Due to unknown reasons, sometimes the initial agent setup will report server-side failures. I have built in a single retry if this occurs and success should occur on the first or second attempt. If it still fails, check logs on the agent side and vROps side. This role has been developed with and tested on vROps 7.0 and End Point Operations agent 7.0 on CentOS 7.5. While untested, it should work without alteration on earlier versions of vROps/EpOps as well.

Role Variables

All settable variables for this role are found in defaults/main.yml and are as follows.

• epops_agent = Name of the agent RPM package.
• epops_agent_SHA1 = SHA1 checksum of agent RPM package.
• epops_server = vROps server
• epops_server_port = vROps server port
• epops_server_username = vROps username with Manage Agents permissions
• epops_server_pass = Password for epops_server_username account
• epops_server_thumbprint = Certificate thumbprint of vROps
• epops_runas_root = Indicate if the EpOps agent should run as root.

Please see defaults/main.yml for more complete descriptions and directions on configuring these variables.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - chipzoller.vmware_epops

License

MIT

Author Information

Feel free to contact me on GitHub (https://github.com/chipzoller) or Twitter (@chipzoller). All feedback is most welcome.