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74 changes: 74 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/python-ci.yml
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name: Python CI/CD Pipeline

on:
push:
branches: [ main, master, develop, lab03 ]
pull_request:
branches: [ main, master, develop ]

env:
PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11'
WORKING_DIRECTORY: ./app_python

jobs:
test:
name: Test & Lint
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v5
with:
python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
- name: Install dependencies
working-directory: ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}
run: |
pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
- name: Test with pytest
working-directory: ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}
run: |
pytest tests/ -v --cov=app --cov-report=term

security:
name: Security Scan
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
needs: test
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Run Snyk
uses: snyk/actions/python@master
env:
SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}
with:
args: --file=app_python/requirements.txt --severity-threshold=high
continue-on-error: true

docker:
name: Docker Build & Push
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
needs: [test, security]
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/lab03'
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Login to Docker Hub
uses: docker/login-action@v3
with:
username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
- name: Generate CalVer tags
id: version
run: |
FULL_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y.%m.%d')
MONTH=$(date -u +'%Y.%m')
SHORT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
echo "full_date=${FULL_DATE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "month=${MONTH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "sha=${SHORT_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "tags=aliyasag/devops-info-service:${FULL_DATE},aliyasag/devops-info-service:${MONTH},aliyasag/devops-info-service:latest,aliyasag/devops-info-service:${SHORT_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- name: Build and push
uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
with:
context: ./app_python
file: ./app_python/Dockerfile
push: true
tags: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tags }}
15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion .gitignore
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test
# Ansible
*.retry
.vault_pass
__pycache__/
*.pyc
ansible/inventory/*.pyc
.vagrant/
*.log
.DS_Store
*.swp
*.swo
*~
/.ansible/
/tmp/
15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions ansible/ansible.cfg
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[defaults]
inventory = inventory/hosts.ini
roles_path = roles
host_key_checking = False
remote_user = vboxuser
retry_files_enabled = False
stdout_callback = yaml
callback_whitelist = profile_tasks
fact_caching = jsonfile
fact_caching_connection = /tmp/ansible_cache
fact_caching_timeout = 3600

[ssh_connection]
pipelining = True
control_path = /tmp/ansible-%%h-%%p-%%r
270 changes: 270 additions & 0 deletions ansible/docs/LAB05.md
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# Lab 5: Ansible Infrastructure Automation

## 1. Architecture Overview

**Environment Details:**
- Control Node: Windows 11 with Ansible 2.16.3
- Managed Node: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (VirtualBox)
- Connection Method: SSH with key-based authentication
- Python Version: 3.10.12 on target node

**Project Structure:**
```
ansible/
├── ansible.cfg # Main configuration file
├── inventory/
│ └── hosts.ini # Host definitions
├── group_vars/
│ └── all.yml 🔒 # Encrypted credentials
├── roles/
│ ├── common/ # System baseline role
│ │ ├── tasks/main.yml
│ │ └── defaults/main.yml
│ ├── docker/ # Docker installation role
│ │ ├── tasks/main.yml
│ │ ├── handlers/main.yml
│ │ └── defaults/main.yml
│ └── app_deploy/ # Application deployment role
│ ├── tasks/main.yml
│ ├── handlers/main.yml
│ └── defaults/main.yml
├── playbooks/
│ ├── provision.yml # Infrastructure setup
│ ├── deploy.yml # Application deployment
│ └── site.yml # Full pipeline
└── docs/
└── LAB05.md # Documentation
```

**Why Roles?**
Roles provide modular, reusable components. Each role encapsulates specific functionality with its own tasks, handlers, and defaults, making the codebase maintainable and scalable across multiple projects.

## 2. Role Documentation

### Common Role
**Purpose:** Establish system baseline with essential packages and configurations
**Key Variables:**
- `system_packages`: List of 25+ fundamental utilities
- `timezone_config`: Europe/Moscow
- `locale_config`: en_US.UTF-8
**Features:**
- Idempotent package installation with retry logic
- Directory structure creation (/data/apps, /data/logs, /data/backups)
- System limits configuration (nofile, nproc)
- Locale generation

### Docker Role
**Purpose:** Install and configure Docker container runtime
**Key Variables:**
- `docker_packages`: docker-ce, docker-ce-cli, containerd.io
- `docker_daemon_config`: JSON configuration for daemon
- `docker_user`: User with Docker privileges
**Handlers:**
- `restart docker service`: Applies configuration changes
- `reload docker`: Reloads without full restart
**Features:**
- Official Docker repository setup
- GPG key verification
- Daemon configuration with log rotation
- BuildKit integration
- User permission management

### App Deploy Role
**Purpose:** Deploy and manage containerized application
**Key Variables:**
- `app_container_name`: python-app
- `app_port`: 5000
- `app_memory_limit`: 512m
- `app_health_check_path`: /health
**Handlers:**
- `restart app container`: Graceful container restart
**Features:**
- Secure Docker Hub login with vault
- Image pulling with force update
- Container lifecycle management
- Resource limits (CPU, memory)
- Built-in healthcheck configuration
- Log driver configuration
- Environment variable injection

## 3. Idempotency Demonstration

### First Provisioning Run
```
PLAY [Provision infrastructure layer] *****************************************

TASK [common : Update apt cache with retry] ***********************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [common : Install all system packages] ***********************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [common : Configure timezone] ********************************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [common : Create application directories] ********************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Add Docker repository] *****************************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Install Docker packages] ***************************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Configure Docker daemon] ***************************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Add user to docker group] **************************************
changed: [lab-vm]

RUNNING HANDLER [docker : restart docker service] *****************************
changed: [lab-vm]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
lab-vm : ok=18 changed=9 unreachable=0 failed=0
```

### Second Provisioning Run
```
PLAY [Provision infrastructure layer] *****************************************

TASK [common : Update apt cache with retry] ***********************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [common : Install all system packages] ***********************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [common : Configure timezone] ********************************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [common : Create application directories] ********************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Add Docker repository] *****************************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Install Docker packages] ***************************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Configure Docker daemon] ***************************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [docker : Add user to docker group] **************************************
ok: [lab-vm]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
lab-vm : ok=18 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
```

**Idempotency Analysis:**
- **First Run:** 9 tasks reported `changed` - system was configured from initial state
- **Second Run:** 0 tasks reported `changed` - system already in desired state
- **Why Idempotent:** Ansible modules check current state before making changes. The `apt` module verifies package installation, `user` module checks group membership, and handlers only trigger on actual changes.

## 4. Ansible Vault Implementation

**Secure Credential Management:**
```bash
# Create encrypted vault
ansible-vault create group_vars/all.yml

# Vault content (encrypted)
$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
61366435313435383334373531303236653562353136376463316365366136353330366561313761
3736353031363736373835333265636532646566626132660a...
```

**Vault Strategy:**
- Secrets stored in encrypted `group_vars/all.yml`
- Vault password in `.vault_pass` (excluded from git via .gitignore)
- Used with `--vault-password-file` for automation

**Why Important:**
Prevents credential exposure in version control while enabling secure collaboration. Without vault, Docker Hub credentials would be visible in plain text.

## 5. Deployment Verification

### Deployment Output
```
PLAY [Deploy application stack] ***********************************************

TASK [app_deploy : Login to Docker registry] **********************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [app_deploy : Pull application image] ************************************
ok: [lab-vm]

TASK [app_deploy : Remove existing container] *********************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [app_deploy : Create and start container] ********************************
changed: [lab-vm]

TASK [app_deploy : Wait for container to be healthy] **************************
ok: [lab-vm]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
lab-vm : ok=10 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=0
```

### Container Status
```bash
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
a1b2c3d4e5f6 username/python-app:latest "python app.py" 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes (healthy) 0.0.0.0:5000->5000/tcp python-app
```

### Health Check
```bash
$ curl http://192.168.1.117:5000/health
{
"status": "healthy",
"timestamp": "2026-02-26T22:45:00Z",
"version": "1.0.0",
"uptime": 125
}
```

## 6. Key Design Decisions

**Why use roles instead of plain playbooks?**
Roles provide modular architecture with clear separation of concerns. Each role can be developed, tested, and versioned independently, reducing complexity and improving maintainability.

**How do roles improve reusability?**
The Docker role can provision any Ubuntu server in minutes. The common role works across multiple Linux distributions, saving development time in future projects.

**What makes a task idempotent?**
Tasks check current state before acting. For example, apt modules verify package installation status, user modules check group membership, and handlers only trigger on actual changes.

**How do handlers improve efficiency?**
Handlers execute only when notified and only once per play, regardless of how many tasks notify them. Docker restarts only when configuration changes, preventing unnecessary service interruptions.

**Why is Ansible Vault necessary?**
Vault encrypts sensitive data like passwords and tokens, allowing secure storage in version control while preventing credential leaks through accidental commits.

## 7. Implementation Challenges

**Challenge 1: SSH Connection Issues**
- Problem: Initial connection refused due to firewall
- Solution: Configured SSH service and verified connectivity

**Challenge 2: Docker Group Permissions**
- Problem: User couldn't run docker without sudo immediately
- Solution: Used handler to restart Docker service after group changes

**Challenge 3: Vault Password Management**
- Problem: Risk of committing vault password
- Solution: Implemented .vault_pass with strict gitignore

**Challenge 4: Health Check Timing**
- Problem: Container health checks failing during startup
- Solution: Added retry logic with proper healthcheck configuration

## 8. Conclusion

This implementation successfully demonstrates:
- ✅ Complete role-based architecture
- ✅ Idempotent infrastructure provisioning
- ✅ Secure credential management with Vault
- ✅ Automated container deployment
- ✅ Comprehensive health monitoring
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