Automate NGINX Cluster testing

Project allow automated creation of a VM cluster with NGINX acting as a load balancer infront of two tomcat servers. Servers uses vagrant to create the VM and pupet to configure the VM. Can be run with either a local VirtualBox provider or AWS

Requires

• Install VirtualBox.
• Install vagrant
• Install Vagrant AWS plugin:
• install Vagrant AWSInfo plugin: (https://github.com/johntdyer/vagrant-awsinfo)

vagrant plugin install vagrant-aws
vagrant plugin install vagrant-awsinfo

vagrant awsinfo -m <hostName>

Install branch of vagrant-hostmaster ( until mereged into master )

git clone https://github.com/y2bishop2y/vagrant-hostmanager.git
git checkout -b public_network_dhcp origin/public_network_dhcp

rake gem:build
vagrant plugin install pkg/vagrant-hostmanager-1.0.2.gem 

Install

• Clone repository
• cd vagrant.loadbancer
• git submodule init
• get submodule update
• vagrant up

Create first VM

Setup

• Go to http://192.168.5.201 and login
• Go to http://192.168.5.201/project/ and select the "demo" project
• Go to http://192.168.5.201/project/access_and_security
• Select the Security Groups tab and click on Edit Rules for the default group
• Add a rule, protocl TCP from Port 22 To Port 22, and keep all the default values ( this will open the SSH port for VM )

Make sure to source all the env variables in shell for AWS

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY=<copy accounts access key>
export AWS_SESCRET_KEY=<copy secret key>
export AWS_LB_AMI=ami-70f96e40
export AWS_LB_SECURITY_GROUPS="lb-group"
export AWS_TOMCAT_AMI=ami-70f96e40
export AWS_TOMCAT_SECURITY_GROUPS="tomcat-group"
export AWS_USERNAME=ubuntu
export AWS_KEY_PATH="~/.ssh/aws/vagrant.pem"
export AWS_KEYPAIR_NAME="vagrant"
export AWS_REGION="us-west-2"
export AWS_ZONE="us-west-2a"

# Interface used by vagrat-hostmanager to query for Guest IP addresss 
export GUEST_INTERFACE="eth1"

# Interfaced used by Guest to determine Bridge public_network address ( via DHCP )
export BRIDGE_INTERFACE="vbr0"