Ansible 01 – Basic Settings

Configure ansible

Create folders

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mkdir -p playbooks/inventory

Create ansible.cfg configure file

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[defaults]
inventory = inventory/vagrant.ini
host_key_checking = False
stdout_callback = yaml
callback_enabled = timer

Create inventory/vagrant.ini

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[webservers]
testserver ansible_port=2222

[webservers:vars]
ansible_host=127.0.0.1
ansible_user=vagrant
ansible_private_key_file=.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/private_key

Ansilbe command

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ansible testserver -m ping 
ansible testserver -m command -a uptime

ansible testserver -a "tail /var/log/dmesg"
ansible testserver -b -a "tail /var/log/dmesg"
ansible testserver -b -m service -a "name=nginx state=restarted"

Ansible Modules

Key	value
Package	Installs or removes packages by using the host’s package manager
copy	Copies a file from the machine where you run Ansible to the web servers
file	Sets the attribute of a file, symlink, or directory
service	Starts, stop, or restarts a service
template	Geenerates a file from a template and copies it to the hosts

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A --> B
B --> C