The document provides a guide for getting started with Mantl using Terraform and Ansible on a Debian server hosted on AWS. It includes installation instructions for required packages, configuration steps for Mantl components like Mesos, Marathon, and Consul, and emphasizes security and cleanup procedures. The guide is designed for users familiar with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.

1. getting started
with mantl
terraform > ansible
mesos | marathon | consul
+
etcd/ calico / vault / docker / collectd / logstash
philcryer // @fak3r // 09.04.2015 // thanks

3. mantl
~ aka ~
microservices-
infrastructure

7. mantl
~
getting started

8. DISCLAIMER: this was tested on Debian
8.1 (amd64) on Amazon Web Services on a
t1.small in us-east1. As always, ymmv and
we cannot be responsible for lost or stolen
articles. Please lock your doors.

9. DISCLAIMER2: any system details,
hostnames, internet protocol (IP) addresses,
ports, etc that you might see have all been
wiped and are no longer active or
accessible. My lawyer made me say this,
sorry. Moving on…

10. ssh to your host
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa 1.1.1.1
# your values will be different, so go ahead an use yours

11. install required
apt-get update
apt-get install -y git curl unzip python-pip python-crypto-dbg
pip install markupsafe

12. install terraformcd ~; mkdir bin; cd bin
wget https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/terraform/terraform_0.6.3_linux_amd64.zip
unzip terraform_0.6.3_linux_amd64.zip
echo "export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" >> .profile ; source .profile

13. get mantl
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/CiscoCloud/microservices-infrastructure.git;
cd microservices-infrastructure/

14. install python mods
pip install requirements.txt

16. mantl
~
getting started

17. prepare aws.tf
cp terraform/aws.sample.tf aws.tf

19. mantl
~
security setup

21. mantl
~
comment out
consul_acl_datacenter

25. mantl
~
build env

27. +1 minute

30. mantl
~
deploy to env

32. +30 minutes

35. mantl
~
marathon

38. mantl
~
mesos

41. mantl
~
consul

44. mantl
~
run docker on
marathon

62. mantl
~
cleanup

65. mantl
~
http://mantl.io
philcryer // @fak3r // 09.04.2015 // thanks