phpstack

Supported Platforms

• CentOS 6.5
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 14.04

Requirements

Cookbooks

• apache2
• application
• application_php
• apt
• build-essential
• chef-sugar
• database
• git
• memcached
• mongodb
• mysql
• mysql-multi
• newrelic
• newrelic_meetme_plugin -nginx
• openssl
• pg-multi
• php
• php-fpm
• platformstack
• rabbitmq
• rackspace_gluster
• redis-multi
• varnish
• yum
• yum-ius
• yum-epel

Recipes

default

• what it does
  • nothing
• toggles
  • nothing

apache

• what it does
  • Creates sites coming from node['phpstack']['apache']['sites'] array
  • Creates monitoring check for each site if node[platformstack][cloud_monitoring]['enabled'] = true.
• toggles
  • can be disabled by setting node['phpstack']['webserver_deployment']['enabled'] to false

application_php

• what it does
  • installs php and some libraries
  • includes the nginx or apache recipe if node['phpstack']['webserver'] is either apache or nginx
  • if glusterfs is set up via node['rackspace_gluster']['config']['server']['glusters'] glusterfs will be set up as a client
  • deploys your apps, from attributes, depending on what node['phpstack']['webserver'] is set to
  • deploys from node['phpstack'][node['phpstack']['webserver']]['sites']
  • creates a /etc/phpstack.ini file with authentication info for the other nodes in the environment
  • only finding mysql and rabbitmq nodes right now
  • creates a backup job that backs up /var/www by default
  • only runs if node['phpstack']['rackspace_cloudbackup']['http_docroot']['enable'] is set
  • tags the node with the php_app_node tag
• toggles
  • application deployment can be disabled via the node['phpstack']['code-deployment']['enabled'] flag

gluster

• what it does
  • sets up glusterfs based on the node['rackspace_gluster']['config']['server']['glusters'] attribute
  • this may involve some manual setup, it is glusterfs afterall

memcache

• what it does
  • sets up memcache
  • sets up the memcache cloud monitoring plugin if enabled

mongodb_standalone

• what it does
  • sets up mongodb from the 10gen repo

mysql_add_drive

• what it does
  • formats /dev/xvde1 and will prepare it for the mysql datadir.
  • creates the mysql user and manages the /var/lib/mysql mountpoint

mysql_base

• what it does
  • sets a random root mysql password if the default password would normally be set
  • sets up mysql
  • sets up a holland user if node['holland']['enabled']
  • sets up a monitoring mysql user and monitor if node['platformstack']['cloud_monitoring']['enabled']
  • allow app nodes in the environment to attempt to connect
  • auto-generates mysql databases and assiciated users/passwords for sites installed (can be disabled)
  • installs phpstack specific databases (will autogenerate the user and password if needed still)
• toggles
  • node['phpstack']['db-autocreate']['enabled'] controls database autocreation at a global level
  • if the site has the db_autocreate attribute, it will control database autocreation for that site
• info
  • auto-generated databases are based on site name and port number the site is on, same for username

mysql_holland

• what it does
  • installs holland
  • will set up a backup job based on if you are running as a slave or not

mysql_master

• what it does
  • sets up mysql master (runs the mysql_base recipe as well)
  • will allow slaves to connect (via iptables)

mysql_slave

• what it does
  • sets up the mysql slave (runs the mysql_base recipe as well)
  • allows the master to connect (via iptables)

newrelic

• what it does
  • sets up newrelic and the php agent for newrelic
  • sets up the following plugins (as needed)
  • memcache
  • rabbit
  • nginx

nginx

• what it does
  • sets up the nginx vhosts as defined in node['phpstack']['nginx']['sites']
  • sets up the monitors for the for each vhost / port combo
• toggles
  • node['phpstack']['webserver_deployment']['enabled'] controls whether this recipe runs

postgresql_base

• what it does
  • sets up a basic postgresql server and the associated monitoring checks (if enabled)
• toggles
  • node['platformstack']['cloud_monitoring']['enabled'] controls the monitoring checks

postgresql_master

• what it does
  • sets up postgresql as a master
  • allows postgresql slaves to connect (via iptables)

postgresql_slave

• what it does
  • sets up postgresql as a slave
  • allows the postgresql master to connect (via iptables)

rabbitmq

• what it does
  • allows nodes tagged as php_app_node to connect (via iptables)
  • disables guest user
  • sets up the cloud monitoring plugin
  • sets up a monitoring user for rabbit (with password)
  • sets up rabbitmq vhost/user/password combinations for each vhost and port combination

redis_base

• what it does
  • sets up redis (basic)
  • allows nodes tagged as php_app_node to connect (via iptables)
  • allows nodes tagged as phpstack-redis to connect (via iptables)

redis_master

• what it does
  • sets up redis in a master capacity

redis_sentinel

• what it does
  • sets up redis sentinel
  • allows nodes tagged as php_app_node to connect (via iptables)
  • allows nodes tagged as phpstack-redis_sentinel to connect (via iptables)
  • allows nodes tagged as phpstack-redis to connect (via iptables)

redis_single

• what it does
  • sets up redis in a standalone capacity

redis_slave

• what it does
  • sets up redis in a slave capacity

varnish

• what it does
  • allows clients to connect to the varnish port (via iptables)
  • enables the cloud monitoring plugin for varnish
  • sets the default backend port to the first useful port it can find
  • sets up varnish if for multi backend load ballancing per vhost/port combination
• toggles
  • node['varnish']['multi'] controls if varnish is simple or complex (multi backend or not)
  • it is also controled by if any backend nodes are found

Data_Bags

No Data_Bag configured for this cookbook

Attributes

default

• default['phpstack']['newrelic']['application_monitoring'] = ''
  • controls if we allow newrelic to to do application monitoring
  • is set to 'true' in the newrelic recipe
• default['phpstack']['webserver'] = 'apache'
  • sets the webserver want to use
  • you can set this to anything, but for acutally running a webserver we only support nginx and apache
  • you can set this to something like 'not_a_webserver' and then use that namespace if you still want to deploy your application
• default['phpstack']['ini']['cookbook'] = 'phpstack'
  • sets where the /etc/phpstack.ini template is sourced from
• default['phpstack']['mysql']['databases'] = {}
  • contains a list of databases to set up (along with users / passwords)
• default['phpstack']['apache']['sites'] = {}
  • contains a list of ports and vhosts to set up for apache
• default['phpstack']['nginx']['sites'] = {}
  • contains a list of ports and vhosts to set up for nginx
• default['phpstack']['webserver_deployment']['enabled'] = true
  • allows apache and/or nginx recipes to run
• default['phpstack']['code-deployment']['enabled'] = true
  • allows code deployment to run
• default['phpstack']['db-autocreate']['enabled'] = true
  • controls database autocreation for each site / port combination globally

demo

contains attributes that used in a demo site, useful as an example of what to set to deploy a site

gluster

contains attributes used in setting up gluster, node the commented out section, it helps to actually hard code these IPs

monitoring

controls how cloud_monitoring is used within phpstack

nginx

• default['nginx']['default_site_enabled'] = false
  • no need for the default site to be set up (as is default)
• set['nginx']['init_style'] = 'upstart'
  • useful on ubuntu...
• default['nginx']['listen_ports'] = %w(80)
  • need to set this up as a default for things like varnish
• default['nginx']['default_root'] = '/var/www'
  • we don't want sites going into /var/www/nginx-default

php

• default['php']['packages'] = []
  • list of packages needed based on platform_family

php_fpm

shouldn't really be messed with

rabbitmq

• default['phpstack']['rabbitmq']['passwords'] = {}
  • sets the admin password for rabbitmq

varnish

• default['phpstack']['varnish']['multi'] = true
  • allows us to use more complex logic for the varnish configuration
• default['phpstack']['varnish']['backend_nodes'] = []
  • a list of nodes to use for backends. if empty or nil, search is the default behavior

Usage

useful datastructures

• vhosts (apache here can be what you like, but to actually deploy a web server you need to set it to apache or nginx):
  json
{
"phpstack": {
"apache": {
"user": "apache",
"group": "apache",
"sites": {
80: {
"example.com": {
"template": "apache2/sites/example.com-80.erb",
"cookbook": "phpstack",
"server_name": "example.com",
"server_aliases": [
"www.example.com",
"test.example.com"
],
"docroot": "/var/www/example.com/80",
"errorlog": "/var/log/apache/example.com-error.log",
"customlog": "/var/log/apache/example.com-access.log combined",
"allow_override": [
"All"
],
"loglevel": "warn",
"server_admin": "test@example.com",
"revision": "v1.0.1",
"repository": "https://github.com/rackops/php-test-app",
"deploy_key": "/root/.ssh/id_rsa"
}
}
}
}
}
}


• applications (combine this with the vhost to deploy a full site)
  json
{
"phpstack": {
"apache": {
"user": "apache",
"group": "apache",
"sites": {
80: {
"example.com": {
"docroot": "/var/www/example.com/80",
"revision": "v1.0.1",
"repository": "https://github.com/rackops/php-test-app",
"deploy_key": "/root/.ssh/id_rsa"
}
}
}
}
}
}


• databases
  json
{
"phpstack": {
"mysql": {
"example_db": {
"user": "exampleuser",
"password": "do_not_use_this_password"
}
}
}
}


phpstack

• single node (app and db): json { "run_list": [ "recipe[platformstack::default]", "recipe[rackops_rolebook::default]", "recipe[phpstack::mysql_base]", "recipe[phpstack::application_php]" ] }
• app node - standalone app: json { "run_list": [ "recipe[platformstack::default]", "recipe[rackops_rolebook::default]", "recipe[phpstack::application_php]" ] }

• MySQL DB Single Node:
  json
{
"run_list": [
"recipe[platformstack::default]",
"recipe[rackops_rolebook::default]",
"recipe[phpstack::mysql_base]"
]
}


• MySQL DB Master Node:
  json
{
"run_list": [
"recipe[platformstack::default]",
"recipe[rackops_rolebook::default]",
"recipe[phpstack::mysql_master]"
]
}


• MySQL DB Slave Node:
  json
{
"run_list": [
"recipe[platformstack::default]",
"recipe[rackops_rolebook::default]",
"recipe[phpstack::mysql_slave]"
]
}


• PostgreSQL cluster for phpstack

Ensure the following attributes are set within environment or wrapper cookbook

node['postgresql']['version'] = '9.3'
node['postgresql']['password'] = 'postgresdefault'
node['pg-multi']['replication']['password'] = 'useagudpasswd'
node['pg-multi']['master_ip'] = '1.2.3.4'
node['pg-multi']['slave_ip'] = ['5.6.7.8']

# Depending on OS one of the following two must be set:
node['postgresql']['enable_pdgd_yum'] = true  # (Redhat Family)
node['postgresql']['enable_pdgd_apt'] = true  # (Debian Family)

• Master PostgreSQL node: json { "run_list": [ "recipe[platformstack::default]", "recipe[rackops_rolebook::default]", "recipe[phpstack::postgresql_master]" ] }
• Slave PostgreSQL node: json { "run_list": [ "recipe[platformstack::default]", "recipe[rackops_rolebook::default]", "recipe[phpstack::postgresql_slave]" ] }

New Relic Monitoring

To configure New Relic, make sure the node['newrelic']['license'] attribute is set and include the platformstack cookbook in your run_list. You can also run the phpstack::newrelic recipe for some more advanced monitors.

Contributing

https://github.com/rackspace-cookbooks/contributing/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

Authors

Authors:: Matthew Thode matt.thode@rackspace.com