Semaphore

Semaphore UI is a powerful web-based interface for managing Ansible and OpenTofu automation with ease. With just one click, you get a ready-to-use environment to run playbooks, manage inventories, and streamline DevOps workflows. It includes a preinstalled NGINX reverse proxy and supports secure access with SSL. Ideal for teams and solo developers looking to simplify and visualize their Ansible and OpenTofu operations.

Software Included

Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Semaphore 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Semaphore Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image": "semaphore"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Semaphore

1. Connect to the server via SSH: ssh root@your_droplet_public_ipv4
2. Create an admin user by running the following command:

semaphore user add \
--admin \
--login admin \
--name Admin \
--email [email protected] \
--password changeme

3. Open https://your_droplet_public_ipv4 in your browser and log in to Semaphore UI using the admin credentials.