Terraform module for CMDBuild

Overview

This code provisions all the components that are required to quickly run CMDB in an EC2 Instance.

Tools and versions required to run the code:

• packer=>1.7.5: Create the AMIs
• terraform=>1.0.1: Create the ec2 instance with eip
• aws=>3.53.0: Cloud provider where infrastructure exists.

Usage

Required parameters

The Subnet ID and the VPC ID are the only parameters required to run this automation. They can be obtained from the AWS Web Console -> VPC -> Subnets

Once gotten is recommened to set it up using the following command export TF_VAR_subnet_id=<your-subnet-id>

Setup your local AWS Profile.

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your-aws-access-key-id>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your-aws-secret-access-key>

Default configuration

The implementation will make use of the following configuration:

• us-east-1 region
• t2.mediuminstance size
• 8080 port for the CMDBuild Service

Build Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

cd packer
packer build -var subnet_id=<your-subnet-id> cmdbuild.pkr.hcl

In the AWS Console a new AMI Image named cmdbuild in the us-east-1 region should now be shown.

Deploy resources

Variables:

Required

• subnet-id: Subnet to launch the resources in
• vpc-id: Subnet to launch the resources in, it must be the vpc that contains the subnet_id

Run terraform

terraform apply

Output

• cmdbuild_public_ip: CMDBuild server public IP
• private_key_id: Ec2-Key that can be used to login into the instance

CMDBuild access

In your browser access the follwing address: http://<public-ip-address>:8080/cmdbuild

Setup CMDBuild

To make use of CMDBuild in this installation enter the following params:

• Type: Demo
• Name: testdb
• Username: admin
• Password: admin
• Admin username: postgres
• Admin password: postgres

Click on Test connection, a success message should pop up. Click on Configure.

To access CMDB enter admin admin credentials.

SSH Access

To login execute the following command replacing accordingly: ssh -i artifacts/private.pem ubuntu@<public-ip-address>