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Ansible

Setting up Ansible.

Built With

  • Ansible - Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool.
  • Docker - Is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.
  • SSH - Uses encryption to secure the connection between a client and a server.

On User's Machine using Ansible

  1. Copy the hosts sample file to a real one.

    cp hosts.sample hosts

  2. Add pi IP address to hosts file.

  3. Generate SSH keys.

    ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

  4. Copy public key of ansible user to remote machine.

    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh username@ip_address 'cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys'

On User's Machine using Docker

  1. Run ansible container

    docker run --rm -it -v your_directory_location:/ansible willhallonline/ansible:latest /bin/sh

  2. Copy the hosts sample file to a real one.

    cp hosts.sample hosts

  3. Add pi IP address to hosts file.

  4. Generate SSH keys.

    ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C username@email.com

  5. Send SSH keys to server.

    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh username@server "cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

Test

ansible all -i hosts -m ping -u username

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