Kasm server installation

Kasm is desktop and browser isolation platform.

This role will search for running Kasm docker containers. If there are not any, role will install Kasm server. Optionally it can create a persistent storage for home folder of 5 users per one server (Community Kasm version allows maximum of 5 user sessions on one server)

Quick guide

1. register at https://www.kasmweb.com/downloads.html and download the latest community version of the Kasm Server and place it into playbooks/files/ directory
2. define kasm servers in inventory/hosts.ini
3. run ansible-galaxy install -r inventory/requirements.yml
4. run ansible-playbook site.yml
5. see the Kasm credentials in the ansible output. Login into the Kasm server WebUI (output of the installation log is in ~/kasm.log)...

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Playbook example:

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- name: Install KASM server with persistent storage
  hosts: kasm_servers
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  vars:
     - kasm_package: kasm_release_1.5.0.3b363e.tar.gz
     - kasm_user_name: user
     - display_creds: True
     - persistent_storage: True

  roles:
     - ansible-kasm_server

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Manual steps for Kasm server configuration for persistent home folder

Create users:

Login to the Kasm WebUI and create users called <kasm_user_name>[1-5] (5 users per one Kasm server. For example in case of 2 Kasm servers, create user[1-10])

Create a new image for each user:

Each user will need it's own Kasm image to have persistent home folder. For each image setup the volume mapping.

Volume Mappings (JSON)

{"/home/<replace for ansible_user>/share/<replace for kasm_user_name+index number>":{"mode":"rw","bind":"/home/kasm-user"}}

Requirements:

• docker
• docker-compose
• swap enabled

License:

• MIT