An installation management server is required to install and configure the ServAssure Collection Platform. The ServAssure Collection Platform is installed using a third-party installation and configuration management application called Ansible.
The ServAssure Collection Platform installation management server can be a standalone server (recommended), or it can be integrated with any of the other servers that make up a ServAssure Collection Platform deployment.
The version of Ansible required for this release of ServAssure Collection Platform is Ansible 2.9.6.0. Refer to the official Ansible installation documentation for more information: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_installation.html
Please contact CommScope Technical Support for further details of this requirement, or if you have questions regarding this application.
Notes:
- The server hosting Ansible must have SSH access to all ServAssure Collection Platform nodes.
- Access to all nodes via SSH should be preconfigured with shared SSH keys, so that Ansible access to the nodes does not require an initial password log in.
- Refer to System login access for SSH requirements.
- Refer to Third-party packages to identify third-party software packages required by Ansible.