MqGateway Ansible

Ansible playbook to install MqGateway and other home automation software on MqGateway host (currently only NanoPi is fully supported).

Prerequisites

Your local machine should have Docker installed.

MqGateway hosts should have Debian-based linux distribution installed with following software:

• Python 3.x

Configuration

1. Add all MqGateway hosts to hosts.yaml file like this:

   all:
    hosts:
      porch:
        ansible_host: 192.168.1.120
        ansible_password: "{{ lookup('env','SSH_PASS') }}" # alternatively put actual password
      livingroom:
        ansible_host: 192.168.1.121
        ansible_password: "{{ lookup('env','SSH_PASS') }}" # alternatively put actual password

2. Add MqGateway configuration files in files/<host-name>/gateway.yml for all hosts configured in 1.
3. Adjust configuration in group_vars/all.yaml if needed.

Running

Change /path/to/this/directory and nanopi-password in the command below to match your configuration and run it:

docker run --name ansible --rm \
  -v /path/to/this/directory:/data/playbook \
  -e SSH_PASS=nanopi-password \
  -e ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False  \
  williamyeh/ansible:alpine3 \
  ansible-playbook -i /data/playbook/hosts.yaml /data/playbook/mqgateway.yaml

You don't need -e SSH_PASS=nanopi-password if you have specified passwords directly in hosts.yaml (see configuration).