Addressing comments

- support public_network for vagrant box
- using python3-5 for centos based installations
- Revisiting docs.
  - More changes will be incorporated in another PR.
- Parameterize MongoDB host mount path for docker deployments

docs/server/source/introduction.md

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ Note that there are a few kinds of nodes:
 There are some old RethinkDB-based deployment instructions as well:
 
 * [Deploy a bare-bones RethinkDB-based node on Azure](appendices/azure-quickstart-template.html)
-* [Deploy a bare-bones RethinkDB-based node on any Ubuntu machine with Ansible](appendices/template-ansible.html)
 * [Deploy a RethinkDB-based testing cluster on AWS](appendices/aws-testing-cluster.html)
 
 Instructions for setting up a client will be provided once there's a public test net.

docs/server/source/quickstart.md

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 # Quickstart
 
-This page has instructions to set up a single stand-alone BigchainDB node manually for learning or experimenting. Instructions for other cases are [elsewhere](introduction.html). You might try one of the following deployment methods
-as well, depending on your choice:
-- [BigchainDB with Docker](appendices/run-with-docker.html).
-- [BigchainDB with Vagrant](appendices/run-with-vagrant.html).
-- [BigchainDB with Ansible](appendices/run-with-ansible.html).
-
-For manual installation, We will assume you're using Ubuntu 16.04 or similar.
+This page has instructions to set up a single stand-alone BigchainDB node for learning or experimenting. Instructions for other cases are [elsewhere](introduction.html). We will assume you're using Ubuntu 16.04 or similar. If you're not using Linux, then you might try [running BigchainDB with Docker](appendices/run-with-docker.html).
 
 A. Install MongoDB as the database backend. (There are other options but you can ignore them for now.)
 

pkg/Vagrantfile

@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
         end
       end
       bdb.vm.hostname = instance["name"]
-      bdb.vm.network instance["network"]["type"], ip: instance["network"]["ip"]
+      if instance["network"]["type"] == "private_network"
+        bdb.vm.network instance["network"]["type"], ip: instance["network"]["ip"]
+      elsif instance["network"]["type"] == "public_network"
+        bdb.vm.network instance["network"]["type"], use_dhcp_assigned_default_route: true, bridge: instance["network"]["bridge"]
+      else
+        raise "Invalid network type: Please specify one of the following: [private_network, public_network]"
+      end
       bdb.vm.box = instance["box"]["name"]
       bdb.vm.synced_folder ".", "/bigchaindb"
       bdb.vm.provision :shell, inline: "cd /bigchaindb/scripts;/bin/bash #{instance["upstart"]}"
@@ -53,4 +59,4 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
       end
     end
   end
-end
+end

pkg/ansible/roles/bigchaindb-driver/defaults/main.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ dependencies_deb:
 dependencies_yum:
   - gcc-c++
   - "@Development Tools"
-  - python34-devel
+  - python35u-devel
   - libffi-devel
   - openssl-devel
-  - python34-setuptools
+  - python35u-setuptools
 
 dependencies_dnf:
   - gcc-c++
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dependencies_dnf:
   - python3-devel
   - libffi-devel
   - openssl-devel
+  - python3-pip
 
 python_pip_upgrade: true
 python_setuptools_upgrade: true

pkg/ansible/roles/bigchaindb-driver/tasks/centos.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     update_cache: yes
   with_items: "{{ dependencies_yum }}"
   tags: [bigchaindb-driver]
-
+  
 - name: Install pip
-  shell: "easy_install-3.4 pip"
+  shell: "easy_install-3.5 pip"
   tags: [bigchaindb-driver]

pkg/ansible/roles/bigchaindb/defaults/main.yml

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ dependencies_deb:
 dependencies_yum:
   - gcc-c++
   - "@Development Tools"
-  - python34-devel
+  - python35u-devel
   - libffi-devel
   - openssl-devel
-  - python34-setuptools
+  - python35u-setuptools
 
 dependencies_dnf:
   - gcc-c++
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencies_dnf:
   - python3-devel
   - libffi-devel
   - openssl-devel
+  - python3-pip
 
 python_pip_upgrade: true
 python_setuptools_upgrade: true

pkg/ansible/roles/bigchaindb/tasks/centos.yml

@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
     state: present
     update_cache: yes
   with_items: "{{ dependencies_yum }}"
-  tags: [bigchaindb]
+  tags: [bigchaindb]
+
+- name: Install pip
+  shell: "easy_install-3.5 pip"
+  tags: [bigchaindb-driver]

pkg/ansible/roles/mongodb/defaults/main.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mongodb_yum_base_url: "https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/{{ ansible_os_family|lower }
 mongodb_dnf_base_url: "https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/{{ ansible_os_family|lower }}/7/{{ mongodb_package }}/{{ mongodb_version }}/{{ ansible_architecture }}"
 
 # MongoDB running config
-mongodb_storage_path: /data/db
+mongodb_storage_path: /data/db/main
 mongodb_log_path: /var/log/mongodb
 mongodb_config_path: /data/configdb
 se_linux: "TODO: (muawiakh)"
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ directories:
 
 # Docker configuration
 mongodb_default_port: 27017
-mongodb_docker_image: "mongo:3.4.1"
+mongodb_docker_image: "mongo:3.4.4"
 mongodb_docker_name: "mongodb"
 mongodb_docker_published_ports:
   - 172.17.0.1:27017:27017
+mongodb_host_mount_dir_db: /tmp/mongodb_docker/db
+mongodb_host_mount_dir_config: /tmp/mongodb_docker/configdb
 mongodb_docker_volumes:
-  - "/tmp/mongodb_docker/db:{{ mongodb_storage_path }}"
-  - "/tmp/mongodb_docker/configdb:{{ mongodb_config_path }}"
+  - "{{ mongodb_host_mount_dir_db }}:{{ mongodb_storage_path }}"
+  - "{{ mongodb_host_mount_dir_config }}:{{ mongodb_config_path }}"

pkg/config/bdb-config.yaml

@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@
   deploy_docker: true # [true, false]
   network:
     ip: "10.20.30.50"
-    type: "private_network" # Currently, only private network is supported.
+    type: "private_network"
+    # Active network interface on host, Only required for public network e.g  "en0: Wi-Fi (AirPort)"
+    bridge: "<network-interface-host>"
   upstart: "/bigchaindb/scripts/bootstrap.sh" # Path to upstart script

pkg/scripts/bootstrap_helper.sh

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ install_deps_deb() {
 install_deps_centos() {
     echo "Installing Dependencies..."
     yum install epel-release -y
+    yum install -y https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
     yum install ansible -y
 }
 install_deps_fedora() {