OpenStack Askbot

Marton Kiss marton.kiss@gmail.com

This module manages and installs Askbot with an optional custom Sass based theme.

Quick Start

class { 'askbot':
  db_provider          => 'pgsql',
  require              => Postgresql::Server::Db[$db_name],
}

askbot::site { 'ask.example.com':
  db_name                      => 'askbotdb',
  db_user                      => 'askbot',
  db_password                  => 'changeme',
  require                      => [ Class['redis'], Class['askbot'] ],
}

}

Configuration

The Askbot puppet module is separated into individual components which Askbot needs to run.

::askbot

A module that installs a standalone Askbot application with dependencies based on configuration settings.

class { 'askbot':
  db_provider     => 'mysql',
  askbot_version  => '0.7.50',
  redis_enabled   => false,
}

::askbot::site

This module installs an Askbot site, synchronize and install the database schema, configure the askbot-celeryd daemon required for scheduled tasks, and finally apply a proper log rotation.

askbot::site { 'ask.example.com':
  www_user                     => 'www-data',
  www_group                    => 'www-data',
  slot_name                    => 'slot0',
  # custom theme
  custom_theme_enabled         => false,
  custom_theme_name            => undef,
  # debug settings
  askbot_debug                 => false,
  # redis cache configuration
  redis_enabled                => false,
  redis_prefix                 => 'askbot',
  redis_port                   => undef,
  redis_max_memory             => undef,
  redis_bind                   => undef,
  redis_password               => undef,
  # site ssl configuration
  site_ssl_enabled             => false,
  site_ssl_cert_file_contents  => undef,
  site_ssl_key_file_contents   => undef,
  site_ssl_chain_file_contents => undef,
  site_ssl_cert_file           => '',
  site_ssl_key_file            => '',
  site_ssl_chain_file          => '',
  # smtp settings
  smtp_host                    => 'localhost',
  smtp_port                    => '25',
  # database connection parameters
  db_provider                  => 'mysql',
  db_name                      => undef,
  db_user                      => undef,
  db_password                  => undef,
  db_host                      => 'localhost',
}

::askbot::compass

A helper module to compile the Sass style sheets for a custom theme. As OpenStack Askbot theme contains pure Sass files in the repository, for a production deployment those files must be compiled into css.

askbot::compass { 'slot0':
}