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README.md

Ansible configuration to build Flask App inside Docker Container

Background

Docker is used to build and manage linux containers. Ansible is useful in managing the Docker container lifecycle.

This Vagrant profile uses Ansible to configure a local VM with Docker, then it uses Ansible to build and run three containers for a simple Flask + MySQL web app stack, Docker-style:

  • www: Flask app on an Ubuntu container.
  • db: MySQL database on an Ubuntu container.
  • data: MySQL data volume on a Busybox container (for persistence).

Note: These examples are intended to highlight how Ansible intracts with the Docker container lifecycle. There are a number of other ways to manage container builds and orchestration, like Docker Compose, Kubernetes, etc. This example is not intended to necessarily be the 'best practice' for every situation.

Getting Started

This README file is inside a folder that contains a Vagrantfile (hereafter this folder shall be called the [vagrant_root]), which tells Vagrant how to set up your virtual machine in VirtualBox.

To use the vagrant file, you will need to have done the following:

  1. Download and Install VirtualBox
  2. Download and Install Vagrant
  3. Install Ansible
  4. Open a shell prompt (Terminal app on a Mac) and cd into the folder containing the Vagrantfile
  5. Run the following command to install the necessary Ansible roles for this profile: $ ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

Once all of that is done, you can simply type in vagrant up, and Vagrant will create a new VM, install the base box, and configure it.

Once the new VM is up and running (after vagrant up is complete and you're back at the command prompt), you can log into it via SSH if you'd like by typing in vagrant ssh. Otherwise, the next steps are below.

Setting up your hosts file

You need to modify your host machine's hosts file (Mac/Linux: /etc/hosts; Windows: %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts), adding the line below:

192.168.56.39  docker-flask.test

After that is configured, you could visit http://docker-flask.test/ in a browser, and you'll see the test page, confirming the Flask container can communicate with the MySQL container.

If you'd like additional assistance editing your hosts file, please read How do I modify my hosts file? from Rackspace.

Author Information

Created by by Jeff Geerling, as an example in Ansible for DevOps.