tac

Talend Administrator Center (TAC)

This role installs Talend Administrator Center (TAC).

Make sure you have completed the requirements listed in the Root README file.

Role variables

Before running the script, you can change the following variables in the defaults/main.yml file:

Note: You can find details about each application installed using these Ansible roles in the corresponding RPM documentation on Talend Help Center.

Tomcat

Parameter	Description	Value
app_use_talend_tomcat	Use the Talend Tomcat in shared mode (default setting)	Supported values: yes (default) or no If set to yes, the parameter app_tomcat_port must be set.
app_tomcat_port	Port of Talend Tomcat	Required if app_use_talend_tomcat is set to yes Default value: 8080
app_tomcat_home	Home directory of customer Tomcat	Required if app_use_talend_tomcat is set to no Example: /opt/tomcat
app_tomcat_mode	Tomcat mode	Required if app_use_talend_tomcat is set to no Supported values: direct or shared
app_tomcat_setup	Whether to update the customer Tomcat port configuration	Required if app_use_talend_tomcat is set to no Supported values: yes or no

Systemd

Parameter	Description	Value
app_install_systemd	Whether to install as a systemd service	Supported values: yes or no

Web-application name

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_webapp_name	Web-application name	Default value: org.talend.administrator

Admin username/password

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_admin_user	User name of administrator user	Example: [email protected]
tac_admin_pass	Password of administrator user	Example: admin

SSO

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_use_sso	Whether to use SSO	Supported values: yes or no

Audit logging configuration parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_audit_log_enabled	Whether to use LogServer	Supported values: yes or no

Database

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_database	Type of database	Supported values: mysql, h2, oracle, mssql, postgresql, mariadb
tac_db_host	Host of TAC database	Default value: localhost
tac_db_port	Description	Default value: 3306
tac_db_name	Name of database	Example: talend_administrator
tac_db_user	User name	Default value: talend
tac_db_password	Password of database user	Default value: talend
tac_db_driver	Database driver file (jar)	Required for non-H2 databases. Driver will be copied to a corresponding folder in tomcat

Note: If you set tac_database to h2, all the other parameters are optional.

JobServer

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_setup_jobserver	Whether to configure Jobserver	Supported values: yes or no

If tac_setup_jobserver is set to yes, the following parameters are used:

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_jobserver_name	Name of Jobserver	Default value: jobserver
tac_jobserver_host	Host of Jobserver	Default value: localhost
tac_jobserver_command_port	Port used for commands	Default value: 8000
tac_jobserver_file_transfer_port	Port used for file transfers	Default value: 8001
tac_jobserver_monitoring_port	Port used for moniforing	Default value: 8888
tac_jobserver_username	User name of Jobserver user	Default value: talend
tac_jobserver_password	Password of Jobserver user	Default value: talend

Http appender

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_appender_http_host	Host of HTTP appender	Required. Default value: localhost
tac_appender_http_port	Port of HTTP appender	Required. Default value: 8057
tac_appender_http_auth	Whether to use HTTP authorization	Allowed values are yes and no
tac_appender_http_username	User name of HTTP appender user	Default value: talendlogs
tac_appender_http_password	Password of of HTTP appender user	Default value: tpsvclogs

Talend Administration Center repository connections

Talend Administration Center can be configured to connect to repositories. Up to 4 repositories can be configured:

• Talend Administration Center Update repository connection. Used to download updates from Talend update site
• Talend Administration Center Downloads (Talend Administration Center Patch) repository connection. If configured, it will be used to store artifacts downloaded from Talend update site
• Talend Administration Center Jobs repository connection. Used to store job artifacts
• Talend Administration Center Custom Libs repository connection. Used to store user libraries

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_repo_config	An overall switch for all repository connection configurations. If set to no, all repository connection configurations will be removed from TAC configuration file	yes (activate repository configurations) or no (remove repository configurations from configuration file)
tac_updates_repository	Whether to configure a Talend update site connection (note that tac_repo_config must be set to yes, otherwise the value will be ignored)	yes or no
tac_downloads_repository	Whether to configure connection to a Downloads (Path) repository (note that tac_repo_config must be set to yes, otherwise the value will be ignored). Note that this value will only be used if tac_updates_repository also set to yes (as the Talend update site is a source for Downloads repository	yes or no
tac_jobs_repository	Whether to configure a Jobs repository connection (note that tac_repo_config must be set to yes, otherwise the value will be ignored)	yes or no
tac_custom_libs_repository	Whether to configure a Custom Libs repository connection (note that tac_repo_config must be set to yes, otherwise the value will be ignored)	yes or no

If tac_updates_repository and tac_repo_config are both set to yes, the following parameters are used to specify update parameters:

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_updates_repository_url	Talend update site URL	Default value is https://talend-update.talend.com/nexus, but it can be set to any local cache/proxy server
tac_updates_repository_user	User name	Required
tac_updates_repository_password	Password	Required

If tac_downloads_repository, tac_updates_repository and tac_repo_config are all set to yes, the following parameters are used to specify Downloads repository connection:

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_downloads_repository_type	Repository type. Can be one of Nexus 2, Nexus 3 or Artifactory	Allowed values are nexus2, nexus3 and artifactory
tac_downloads_repository_url	Access URL, a mandatory parameter	Required
tac_downloads_repository_user	User name (for read/write access), a mandatory parameter	Required
tac_downloads_repository_password	User password (for read/write access), a mandatory parameter	Required
tac_downloads_repository_reader_user	User name (for read-only access)	Optional
tac_downloads_repository_reader_password	User password (for read-only access)	Optional
tac_downloads_repository_repository_id	Repository ID	Required

If tac_jobs_repository and tac_repo_config are both set to yes, the following parameters are used to specify Jobs repository connection:

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_jobs_repository_type	Repository type (Nexus 2, Nexus 3 or Artifactory)	Allowed values are nexus2, nexus3 and artifactory
tac_jobs_repository_url	Access URL	Required
tac_jobs_repository_user	User name	Required
tac_jobs_repository_password	User password	Required
tac_jobs_repository_releases	Default repository for releases	Optional
tac_jobs_repository_snapshots	Default repository for snapshots	Optional

If tac_custom_libs_repository and tac_repo_config are both set to yes, the following parameters are used to specify Custom Libs repository connection:

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_custom_libs_repository_type	Repository type (Nexus 2, Nexus 3 or Artifactory)	Allowed values are nexus2, nexus3 and artifactory
tac_custom_libs_repository_url	Access URL	Required
tac_custom_libs_repository_user	User name	Required
tac_custom_libs_repository_password	User password	Required
tac_custom_libs_repository_releases	Default repository for releases	Optional
tac_custom_libs_repository_snapshots	Default repository for snapshots	Optional

License

Parameter	Description	Value
tac_install_license	Whether to automatically install a license during the deployment	Supported values: yes or no
tac_license_file	Path to license file	Required if tac_install_license is set to yes Example: /mnt/share/licenses/last.license

Dependencies

The following roles must be used to successfully install and deploy Talend Administrator Center:

• java
• talend-repo
• tomcat (must be used if app_use_talend_tomcat: 'yes')

Example playbook

The dependency roles listed above must be defined before the tac role in the playbook For example:

- hosts: tac-host
  become: yes
  roles:
    - java
    - talend-repo
    - tomcat
    - tac