README.md

Description

The envsetup netcapture group includes all the hosts that will host netcapture instances.

Prerequisites

The netcapture group need on targeted hosts:

• an access to ubicast repository
• an ubicast user

Usage

Description

Netcapture rely on LXC, the network can be configured in different ways.

• Masquerade bridge: independent private bridge, netcapture instances can't reach host network
• Host bridge: host shared network bridge, netcapture instances share the network with the host (allows the use of the NDI protocol)

Ansible

Inventory variables

Type	Name	Default	Description
All	lxc_network_type	masquerade_bridge	Netcaptures instances network access: masquerade_bridge, host_bridge
All	netcapture_mm_url	https://mirismanager.ubicast.eu	MiriManager URL for Netcaptures remote access, package download, ...
All	netcapture_mm_ssl	true	MirisManager certificate validation
All	netcapture_conf_folder	/etc/miris/conf	Netcaptures configuration folder on host
All	netcapture_media_folder	/data/netcapture/media	Netcaptures media folder on host
All	netcapture_pkg_folder	/data/netcapture/packages	Netcaptures package folder on host
All	netcapture_hw_acceleration	false	Netcaptures hardware acceleration
All	netcapture_miris_user_pwd	?	Netcaptures authentification on MiriManager
All	netcapture_miris_auth	true	Netcaptures authentification on MiriManager

Usage examples

• To deploy the netcapture with a global deployment

ansible-playbook -i inventory/<inventory name> playbooks/site.yml

• To deploy only the netcapture and the Ubicast global tools

ansible-playbook -i inventory/<inventory name> playbooks/netcapture/deploy-standalone.yml

• To deploy only the netcapture without the Ubicast global tools

ansible-playbook -i inventory/<inventory name> playbooks/netcapture/deploy-minimal.yml