This document is specific to the London RedCentric lab, but should evolve to a more generic setup once we have more labs. For now, there are some hard-coded logic in the wiki as well as the scripts, to make sure we can reproduce at least the one lab we have. Once we have more labs, we'll work to automate that using configuration files, command line options, etc.

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root@hpc-admin # apt update && apt upgrade
root@hpc-admin # apt install sudo git net-tools vim bridge-utils qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system virtinst dirmngr build-essential
root@hpc-admin # echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu trusty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
root@hpc-admin # apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
root@hpc-admin # apt update && apt install ansible git qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system

You'll also need a few repositories for the automation:

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You may get two warnings when you log in to Jenkins, which can be corrected on the Global Security screen:

• Agent to master security subsystem is currently off: Check the box saying "Enable Agent → Master Access Control"
• Jenkins instance uses deprecated protocols: JNLP3-connect: Uncheck the box "Java Web Start Agent Protocol/3" in "Agent Protocols"
  

Save the configuration and you should be all set.

Installing the MrP service

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