Cloudaware CMDB As A Node Classifier To Ansible

Cloudaware CMDB can act as a node classifier and return classification data to Ansible.

Cloudaware is a transparent source of configuration data. Key features include:

Field- and record-level security
Change tracking
Approval workflows

In this setup, customers can retrieve reference configuration data directly from CMDB instead of Ansible. For example, the Force.com CLI can be used for this purpose:

BASH

#!/bin/bash

force="/etc/ansible/scripts/force"
user="user"
password="password"

$force login -u $user -p $password > /dev/null 2>&1
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
  curvalue=`grep 'app_version' /tmp/ansible-config.conf|awk -F= '{print $2}'|tr -d ' '`
  $force query select Approved_Value__c, Force_Compliance__c from Acme_Cluster_ITIL_CI__c|head -n2|tail -n1|tr -d \" > /etc/ansible/temp/cademo_last_value
  $force record update Acme_Cluster_ITIL_CI__c a9Z36000000GzJ7EAK Reported_Value__c:$curvalue > /dev/null 2>&1
  $force logout -u=cloudaware@cloudaware.net > /dev/null 2>&1
  value=`awk -F, '{print $1}' /etc/ansible/temp/cademo_last_value`
  compliance=`awk -F, '{print $2}' /etc/ansible/temp/cademo_last_value`
  if [[ $compliance == true ]]; then
    echo "$value","$compliance"
  else
    value=`grep 'app_version' /tmp/ansible-config.conf|awk -F= '{print $2}'|tr -d ' '`
    echo "$value","$compliance"
  fi
else
  echo "Cannot login to Salesforce."
fi

Change tracking of parameters

Enable Field History Tracking in Cloudaware to monitor parameter changes:

Approval processes

Use flows in Cloudaware to send parameter changes for approval by the responsible person or team:

Read more about creating approval processes here.