Write a playbook (using ansible 2.8 or newer) to:
- render a template to your Desktop that outputs a role variable and information about your operating system
- the variable should have a default value in the role and be overridden by the playbook
- the template should use standard ansible jinja2 templating
Running the playbook should look something like this:
$ ansible-playbook -i local interview-playbook.yml
PLAY [all] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [my-role : get os details] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: Platform darwin on host localhost is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change this. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information.
changed: [localhost]
TASK [my-role : render my template] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]
PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
$ cat ~/Desktop/my-template.txt
My custom variable is test1234
My operating system in Darwin localhost 18.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.7.0: Tue Aug 20 16:57:14 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.271.2~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
I want to see that the candidate is able to:
- create an inventory
- write a playbook
- write a custom role
- understand how variables work and are overridden in ansible
- show how basic templating works