From 3e007df97cb357940c5902229728213654578b0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Block Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 10:57:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation about bastion hosts --- docs/ansible.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ inventory/inventory.example | 2 +- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/ansible.md b/docs/ansible.md index bed95f108..ff7eb1d9d 100644 --- a/docs/ansible.md +++ b/docs/ansible.md @@ -119,3 +119,17 @@ ansible-playbook -i inventory/inventory.ini cluster.yaml \ ``` Note: use `--tags` and `--skip-tags` wise and only if you're 100% sure what you're doing. + +Bastion host +-------------- +If you prefer to not make your nodes publicly accessible (nodes with private IPs only), +you can use a so called *bastion* host to connect to your nodes. To specify and use a bastion, +simply add a line to your inventory, where you have to replace x.x.x.x with the public IP of the +bastion host. + +``` +bastion ansible_ssh_host=x.x.x.x +``` + +For more information about Ansible and bastion hosts, read +[Running Ansible Through an SSH Bastion Host](http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/12/24/running-ansible-through-ssh-bastion-host/) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/inventory/inventory.example b/inventory/inventory.example index c08e84ae6..1d10cdce0 100644 --- a/inventory/inventory.example +++ b/inventory/inventory.example @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # node6 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.17 # ip=10.3.0.6 # ## configure a bastion host if your nodes are not publicly reachable -# bastion ansible_ssh_host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx +# bastion ansible_ssh_host=x.x.x.x # [kube-master] # node1