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Flexlm

Overview
Role Variables
Example Playbook
Configuration
Development
License
Author Information

Overview

A role to manage Flexlm daemon.

Role Variables

flexlm__packages_state : State of package(s) [default : present].
flexlm__packages_manage : If package(s) should be managed with this role [default : True].
flexlm__dependent_packages : List of additional packages requested as 'flexlm' dependencies [default : lsb-core, unzip]
flexlm__lmgrd_version : Version of lmgrd to use [default : 11.14.0.1].
flexlm__lmgrd_source : Source of the lmgrd bin to send [default : usr/local/bin/lmgrd].
flexlm__lmgrd_path : The place to store lmgrd bin [default : /usr/local/bin/lmgrd].
flexlm__lmutil_source : Source of the lmutil bin to send [default : usr/local/bin/lmutil].
flexlm__lmutil_path : The place to store lmutil bin [default : /usr/local/bin/lmutil].
flexlm__user_name : Username used to launch lmgrd [default : flexlm].
flexlm__licence_file : Licence file to deserve [default : /opt/flexlm/VENDOR/licence.lic].
flexlm__licences : Lists to manage vendor daemon and licence files [default : []].
flexlm__service_manage : If Licence Manager service should be managed with this role [default : True].
flexlm__service_enabled : If Licence Manager service should be enable at startup [default : True].
flexlm__service_name : Service name [default : flexlm].
flexlm__service_description : Description of the systemd unit [default : flexlm Licence Manager].
flexlm__service_working_directory : Working directory of the systemd unit [default : /opt/flexlm/VENDOR].
flexlm__service_unit_path : Systemd unit path [default : /etc/systemd/system/{{ flexlm__service_name }}.service].
flexlm__service_unit_content : Template used to generate the previous file [default : etc/systemd/system/flexlm.service.j2].

Example Playbook

Manage Flexlm with defaults vars :

- hosts: serverXYZ
  roles:
    - role: ipr-cnrs.flexlm

Manage Flexlm to provide Intel Fortran :

- hosts: intel-lm
  roles:
    - role: ipr-cnrs.flexlm
      flexlm__service_working_directory: '/opt/intel/bin'
      flexlm__licence_file: '/opt/intel/etc/license.lic'
      flexlm__service_description: 'Licence Manager for Intel Fortran'

Manage Flexlm to provide Matlab Licence and vendor daemon :

- hosts: matlab-lm
  roles:
    - role: ipr-cnrs.flexlm
      flexlm__service_working_directory: '/opt/matlab/bin'
      flexlm__licence_file: '/opt/matlab/etc/license.lic'
      flexlm__service_description: 'Licence Manager for Matlab'
      flexlm__licences:
        - name: matlab
          bin_path: '/opt/matlab/bin'
          bin_src: '{{ inventory_dir + "/../resources/service/matlab-lm/bin/" }}'
          lic_path: '/opt/matlab/etc/licence.lic'                                                # need to be a file
          lic_src: '{{ inventory_dir + "/../resources/host/matlab-lm.domain/etc/licence.lic" }}' # need to be a file

Configuration

This role will :

Copy the lmgrd and lmutil binaries to the client.
Create a specific user to launch daemon.
Set up a systemd service. Thanks to Kalebo instructions.
Copy vendor daemon binaries to the host if specified.
Copy licence file to the host if specified.

The lmgrd and lmutil binaries comes from Mathworks in version flexlm__lmgrd_version.

Development

This source code comes from our Gogs instance and the Github repo exist just to be able to send the role to Ansible Galaxy…

But feel free to send issue/PR anywhere :)

Thanks to this hook, Github automatically got updates from our Gogs instance :)

License

WTFPL

Author Information

Jérémy Gardais

Source : on IPR's Gogs
IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)

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