This playbook expects a Linux server that is reachable via a domain with open ports 22,80,443 and 3128. The domain needs to be configured so that CNAME records for the following subdomains point to your server: api, registry, vpn, s3, tunnel

Specify your configuration details in the inventory.yaml file. The username and password credentials will later be used to authenticate with your OpenBalena instance.

Additionally, you will need an SSH key file that allows connecting to your server. You can also change the location of this file in the inventory.yaml file.

To install OpenBalena, you need to have Ansible installed. After finishing the configuration, you can deploy your ansible playbook.

ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml playbook.yaml

For information about using OpenBalena, have a look at their official documentation: https://open-balena-docs.balena.io/getting-started/

To connect to balena, you need to add the balena URL to your local balena configuration file ~/.balenarc.yml:

balenaUrl: 'your-domain-here.com'

Now you can use your balena CLI to log in with the credentials you have set in the inventory.yaml file. This enables you to use the balena CLI as usual.

balena login
balena fleets

If the task Run quickstart script runs forever, this might be because an issue of the OpenBalena quickstart script. Have a look at this ticket for further information: Quickstart script prompting for PEM password when using OpenSSL 3