Ansible

Abstract

Ansible configuration and usage.

Ansible#

roles

Playbooks#

The playbook and associated roles are check with ansible-lint according to the rules set in .ansible-lint[1].

Inventory#

This is an example hosts file and is not used anywhere. To use this do the following.

  1. Create a group named ansible.

    groupadd ansible

  2. Create a directory named /etc/ansible.

    sudo mkdir -pv /etc/ansible

  3. Change the ownership of that directory to the ansible group.

    sudo chgrp ansible /etc/ansible

  4. Make the directory group writable.

    sudo chmod g+w /etc/ansible

  5. Add your user to the ansible group and relaunch your shell.

    sudo usermod -a -G ansible $USER
/bin/bash || exit

  6. Copy this example hosts file to /etc/ansible/hosts.yml and edit it.

    cp hosts.yml /etc/ansible/hosts.yml
vi /etc/ansible/hosts.yml

hosts.yml#

Section author: Xander Harris xander.harris@gmail.com

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