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Ansible Training

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Ansible Training

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Testing Connectivity to Nodes

  • ansible all -m ping

Connecting as a Different User

  • ansible all -m ping -u sammy
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml -u sammy

Using a Custom SSH Key

  • ansible all -m ping --private-key=~/.ssh/custom_id
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --private-key=~/.ssh/custom_id

Using Password-Based Authentication

  • ansible all -m ping --ask-pass
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --ask-pass

Providing the sudo Password

  • ansible all -m ping --ask-become-pass
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --ask-become-pass

Using a Custom Inventory File (default inventory file is typically located at /etc/ansible/hosts)

  • ansible all -m ping -i my_custom_inventory
  • default inventory file is typically located at /etc/ansible/hosts

Running ad-hoc Commands

  • ansible all -a "uname -a"
  • ansible server1 -m apt -a "name=vim"
  • ansible server1 -m apt -a "name=vim" --check - dry run

Running Playbooks

  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml
  • ansible-playbook -l server1 myplaybook.yml

Getting Information about a Play

  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --list-tasks
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --list-hosts
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --list-tags

Controlling Playbook Execution

  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --start-at-task="Set Up Nginx"
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --tags=mysql,nginx
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --skip-tags=mysql

Using Ansible Vault to Store Sensitive Data

Creating a New Encrypted File

  • ansible-vault create credentials.yml

Encrypting an Existing Ansible File

  • ansible-vault encrypt credentials.yml

Viewing the Contents of an Encrypted File

  • ansible-vault view credentials.yml

Editing an Encrypted File

  • ansible-vault edit credentials.yml

Decrypting Encrypted Files

  • ansible-vault decrypt credentials.yml

Using Multiple Vault Passwords

  • ansible-vault create --vault-id dev@prompt credentials_dev.yml
  • ansible-vault create --vault-id prod@prompt credentials_prod.yml
  • ansible-vault edit credentials_dev.yml --vault-id dev@prompt

Running a Playbook with Data Encrypted via Ansible Vault

  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --ask-vault-pass
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --vault-id dev@prompt

Debugging

  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml -v
  • ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml -vvvv