Getting Started with Ansible - capabdou/guide-devops GitHub Wiki

Getting Started with Ansible In this hands-on lab, we'll install Ansible on a control node and configure two managed servers for use with Ansible. We will also create a simple inventory and run an Ansible command to verify our configuration is correct.

This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.

Install Ansible on the Control Node Log in to the control node using ssh, cloud_user, and the provided public IP address and password:

ssh cloud_user@

To install Ansible on the control node:

sudo yum install ansible

Configure the ansible User on the Control Node

Next, we'll configure the ansible user on the control node for ssh shared key access to managed nodes.

Note: Do not use a passphrase for the key pair.

Create a key pair for the ansible user on the control host, accepting the defaults when prompted:

su - ansible

ssh-keygen

Copy the public key to both node1 and node2:

ssh-copy-id node1

ssh-copy-id node2

Create a Simple Ansible Inventory

Next, we'll create a simple Ansible inventory on the control node in /home/ansible/inventory containing node1 and node2.

On the control host:

su - ansible

touch /home/ansible/inventory

echo "node1" >> /home/ansible/inventory

echo "node2" >> /home/ansible/inventory

Configure sudo Access for Ansible

Now, we'll configure sudo access for Ansible on node1 and node2 such that Ansible may use sudo for any command with no password prompt.

Log in to node1 as cloud_user and edit the sudoers file to contain appropriate access for the ansible user:

ssh cloud_user@node1

sudo visudo

Add the following line to the file and save:

ansible ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Enter:

logout

Repeat these steps for node2, and then back out to the control node.

Verify Each Managed Node Is Accessible

Finally, we'll verify each managed node is able to be accessed by Ansible from the control node using the ping module.

Redirect the output of a successful command to /home/ansible/output.

To verify each node, run the following as the ansible user from the control host:

ansible -i /home/ansible/inventory node1 -m ping

ansible -i /home/ansible/inventory node2 -m ping

To redirect output of a successful command to /home/ansible/output:

ansible -i /home/ansible/inventory node1 -m ping > /home/ansible/output

Conclusion

Congratulations on completing this lab!