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ansible-playbooks

Ansible installation

  1. Install python3
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3.8
  1. Install pip3
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
  1. Install Ansible and check its version
sudo pip3 install ansible
ansible --version

[Sample output]

config file = None
configured module search path = ['/home/
ubuntu/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/
plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /home/ubuntu/.local/
lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.8.5 (default, Jul 28 2020, 12:59:40)
[GCC 9.3.0]

Create an inventory

  1. Create an inventory file with:
touch inventory
  1. Copy the following example:
[example]
192.168.60.5

Run Ansible ad-hoc commands

Using ansible modules

ansible -i inventory example -m ping -u ubuntu

Run Ansible alongside with Vagrant

Vagrant installation

For more information regarding the installation of Vagrant, check the official documentation.

Start Vagrant VM

Go to the tests folder and run the following command: vagrant up. This will start the VM created for test purposes.

SSH to the test Vagrant VM

To ssh to the test VM, go to the tests folder and run the following command: vagrant ssh test_sandbox.

Configure the test Vagrant VM

In the tests/roles folder, you'll see a test role to configure our test VM (test_sandbox). To execute that role, follow the steps below:

  1. Change to tests directory: cd tests.
  2. Start VM: vagrant up.
  3. Run the playbook: ansible-playbook playbook.yml.

Run playbooks

sudo ansible-playbook -b --private-key $HOME/.ssh/<PRIVATE_KEY> playbook.yml