Multi-ble - A Multipass and Ansible tool for rapid iterations

Instructions

./multi-ble.sh <argument> will run the tool with your desired argument.
The four basic arguments are as follows:

• all
  • Deletes and purges any already running multipass instances
  • Launches the predefined number of multipass instances
  • Creates a hosts file for ansible with VM name and IP
  • Finally runs ansible-playbook ...
• purge
  • Deletes and purges any already running instances
• launch
  • Deletes, purges and launches the predefined number of instances
• ansible
  • Only runs the ansible-playbook command

Components

• .ansible.cfg
  • Put your ansible configuration options here
  • It gets sourced by the multi-ble.sh script
• cloud-init.yml
  • Runs default configurations when creating a new VM
  • Currently sets up the default ubuntu user with an ssh key that needs to be manually edited
• hosts
  • Automatically generated by multi-ble.sh for ansible
  • Only contains the VM name and IP
• main.yml
  • Default playbook for ansible
• multi-ble.sh
  • The main tool
• vars
  • Directory containing a variable file
  • Only has an entry for the default VM username