Launch a VM Migration with Ansible Automation Platform

Configuring AAP to Launch a Migration

Creating Credentials

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Credentials.

  2. Click Create Credentials and set the following parameters:

    • Name: Bastion key

    • Credential Type: Machine

    • Username: cloud-user

    • SSH Private Key: File content from /home/lab-user/.ssh/my-guidkey.pem on the bastion

  3. Click Create Credential

Creating an Inventory

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Infrastructure → Inventories.

  2. Click Create Inventory → Create Inventory and set the following parameters:

    • Name: Conversion Host Inventory

    • Organization: Default

  3. Click Create Inventory.

Creating Hosts

Conversion Host

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Infrastructure → Hosts.

  2. Click Create Host and set the following parameters:

    • Name: {rhoso_conversion_host_ip}

    • Inventory: Conversion Host Inventory

    • Variables:

ansible_ssh_user: cloud-user

Click Create Host.

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Infrastructure → Hosts.

  2. Click Create Host and set the following parameters:

    • Name: conversion_host

    • Inventory: Conversion Host Inventory

    • Variables:

ansible_host: {rhoso_conversion_host_ip}
ansible_ssh_user: cloud-user

Click Create Host.

Migrator Host

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Infrastructure → Hosts.

  2. Click Create Host and set the following parameters:

    • Name: migrator

    • Inventory: Conversion Host Inventory

    • Variables:

ansible_connection: local
ansible_python_interpreter: '{{ ansible_playbook_python }}'

Click Create Host.

Creating an Execution Environment

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Infrastructure → Execution Environments.

  2. Click Create Execution Environment and set the following parameters:

    • Name: vmware migration toolkit Execution Environment

    • Image: quay.io/os-migrate/vmware-migration-kit:stable

  3. Click Create Execution Environment.

Creating a Project

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Projects.

  2. Click Create Project and set the following parameters:

  3. Click Create Project.

Creating the Job Template

Preparing the Bastion

In the bastion, create the folder to store the ansible variables:

cd
mkdir -p /home/lab-user/os-migrate-env

Run the following commands to configure OpenStack CLI access:

oc project openstack
alias openstack="oc exec -t openstackclient -- openstack"

Retrieve necessary OpenStack parameters:

SECURITY_GROUP_ID=$(openstack security group list | awk '/ basic / {print $2}')
PROJECT_ID=$(openstack project list | grep ' admin ' | awk '{print $2}')
AUTH_URL=$(openstack endpoint list --service identity --interface public -c URL -f value)

Create the os_migrate_vars.yaml file:

cat << EOF > os_migrate_vars.yaml
os_migrate_tear_down: false
# osm working directory:
runner_from_aee: true
os_migrate_vmw_data_dir: /tmp/os-migrate
copy_openstack_credentials_to_conv_host: false

# Re-use an already deployed conversion host:
already_deploy_conversion_host: true

# If no mapped network, set the OpenStack network:
openstack_private_network: private

# Security groups for the instance:
security_groups: ${SECURITY_GROUP_ID}
use_existing_flavor: false

# Network settings for OpenStack:
os_migrate_create_network_port: true
copy_metadata_to_conv_host: true
used_mapped_networks: false

os_migrate_configure_network: true

vms_list:
  - winweb01-my-guid

# VMware parameters:
vcenter_hostname: {vcenter_console}
vcenter_username: {vcenter_full_user}
vcenter_password: {vcenter_password}
vcenter_datacenter: RS01

os_cloud_environ: demo.redhat.com
dst_cloud:
  auth:
    auth_url: ${AUTH_URL}
    username: admin
    project_id: ${PROJECT_ID}
    project_name: admin
    user_domain_name: Default
    password: openstack
  region_name: regionOne
  interface: public
  insecure: true
  identity_api_version: 3
EOF

Configuring the Job Template

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Templates.

  2. Click Create Template → Create Job Template and set the following parameters:

    • Name: Windows VM Migration

    • Inventory: Conversion Host Inventory

    • Project: vmware migration toolkit project

    • Playbook: playbooks/migration.yml

    • Execution Environment: vmware migration toolkit Execution Environment

    • Credentials: Bastion key

    • Extra Variables: Copy the content of /home/lab-user/os-migrate-env/os_migrate_for_awx.yaml from the bastion

  3. Click Create Job Template.

Running the Migration

  1. From the navigation panel, go to Automation Execution → Templates.

  2. Locate the Windows VM Migration template.

  3. Click the rocket icon to launch the migration.

Access to the VM using Horizon

  1. Access to Horizon using the URL: https://horizon-openstack.apps.my-guid.dynamic.redhatworkshops.io

  2. In the top panel, Instances, click on the instance: winweb01-my-guid

  3. Click the tab Console to access to the console.