Installation

Key generation:

ssh-keygen -t dsa -f .ssh

Start VMs:

vagrant up

Cat all lsb-release entries

ansible all -a "cat /etc/lsb-release" -i local.inv --private-key .ssh -u bear

Tired of specifying private key? Use

ssh-add .ssh

Tail the syslog on the root node

ansible root -a "sudo tail -n 10 /var/log/syslog" -i local.inv -u bear

Regular operations

Install common packages:

 ansible-playbook books/common.yml -i local.inv

Resources

For more information see [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-create-ansible-playbooks-to-automate-system-configuration-on-ubuntu](Digital Ocean guide).