Difference between revisions of "Ansible"

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Setup

How to install Ansible

• On Ubuntu

# apt-get -y install ansible

• On Fedora

# dnf -y install ansible

How to add nodes to ansible list

• Edit the file /etc/ansible/hosts and list all the nodes there
• Nodes can be grouped under a section named defined on square brackets

[my_group]
host01
host02

• Groups can also be grouped in another set of groups

[global_group:children]
my_group
another_group

Commands

How to ping the nodes

• All the nodes

# ansible all -m ping

• A particular group of nodes

# ansible my_group -m ping

How to execute a command on the nodes

ansible my_group -s -m shell -a 'apt-get -y install package'