From f2dc815e3f49597708c47d8d4a19e1bfc511dc9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan-Piet Mens Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:29:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fireball DOCUMENTATION - amended --- library/fireball | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/library/fireball b/library/fireball index eb483bd68d..f9d115408f 100755 --- a/library/fireball +++ b/library/fireball @@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: fireball -short_description: +short_description: Enable fireball mode on remote node description: - - bla, bla + - This modules launches an ephemeral I(fireball) daemon on the remote node which + so that Ansible can use ZeroMQ as a message bus to communicate with nodes. The + daemon listens on a configurable port for a configurable amount of time. + - Ansible and the nodes exchange AES keys with which I(fireball) mode authenticates. version_added: "0.9" options: port: @@ -34,18 +37,34 @@ options: aliases: [] password: description: - - Base64-encoded password for FIXME + - this is a serialized AesKey object that is transferred over SSH; it is never + logged. Keys are periodically regenerated. required: true default: null minutes: description: - - time, in minutes, for FIXME + - The I(fireball) listener daemon is started on nodes and will stay around for + this number of minutes before dying off by itself. required: false default: 30 +# WARNING: very careful when moving space around, below examples: - - code: fireball ... FIXME - description: "This does ..." + - code: | + - hosts: devservers + gather_facts: false + connection: ssh + sudo: yes + tasks: + - action: fireball + + - hosts: devservers + connection: fireball + tasks: + - action: template src=config.in dest=/etc/my.config mode=0600 + description: "This example playbook has two plays: the first launches I(fireball) mode on all hosts via SSH, and the second actually starts using I(fireball) node for subsequent configuration tasks" notes: + - This module is used together with the C(fireball) connection plugin and is useless + on its own. - Also see the M(template) module. requirements: [ "zmq", "keyczar" ] author: Michael DeHaan