To install and configure ServAssure NXT, two configuration files must be edited and placed in a location accessible to Ansible. The two files contain host inventory information, as well as site-specific variables needed for the installation.
The following files are required:
host_inventory – See ServAssure NXT host_inventory file.
site_vars – See ServAssure NXT site_vars file.
Both files can be found in the ServAssure NXT Ansible Installation package "conf" directory after it is unzipped.
- Copy the two files to a file location of your choice. You can choose whether or not to change the file names.
- Record the new file names because that information is needed later on in the installation.
- Back up the files because they contain all the site information for your ServAssure NXT installation.
Notes:
- Contact CommScope before editing these files. It is extremely important that the two files are generated with the proper configuration before initiating the installation using the Ansible install scripts. Additionally, the "[cassandra]" group/role requires additional information that needs to be determined based on the server or virtual machines location and/or rack placement.
- In installation scenarios where ServAssure NXT is being integrated with ServAssure Collection Platform, the installations for each support a combined inventory file and combined site variables file. In this case only a single inventory file with both ServAssure NXT and ServAssure Collection Platform hosts and a single site variables file with variables for both are necessary.
- Inventory and site variable information for the Metrics and optional Logger platform can also be added to the same inventory and site variable files used by the ServAssure Collection Platform or ServAssure NXT installations.