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Ansible - management and configuration system
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Install
apt-cache policy ansible | grep -A1 Installed # check version it will install sudo apt-get install ansible
Install dependencies manually
sudo apt-get install python python-setuptools python-crypto python-jinja2 python-paramiko python-pkg-resources python-yaml python python-httplib2 python-netaddr
Download a version from Ansible git repository you need
wget https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/ansible-1.9.4.tar.gz tar -xzvf ansible-1.9.4.tar.gz cd ansible-1.9.4/ sudo make sudo python setup.py install
Build VM with Vagrant
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
Then install Vagrant
Commands quick reference
--options
ansible* host/-i hostfile -m modulename -a 'module arguments' -b (become) --ask-become-pass
ansible local -m setup -a 'filter=ans*ipv4*' #filter facts
ansible apacheweb -m shell -a 'apt-get -y install lynx' -b --ask-become-pass #-s deprecated replaced by -b 'become'
ansible appserver -m apt -a 'pkg=lynx state=installed update_cache=true' -b --ask-become-pass
ansible apacheweb -m file -a 'path=/tmp/etc state=directory mode=0700 owner=root' #create directory
ansible apacheweb -m copy -a 'src=/etc/fstab dest=/tmp/etc/fstab' #copy a file
ansible apacheweb -m command -a 'rm -rf /tmp/etc/fstab' #delete a file
ansible aptserver -m service -a 'name=apache2 state=stopped' -u user -b --ask-become-pass #stop Ubuntu apache
Specify a user that ansible control server should connect as, a key also can be specified but not necessary
$ ansible centos -m ping -u username --private-key=~/.ssh/id_rsa
Copy a user ssh public key to remote server, if you do not specify a username, the current user will be used
ssh-copy-id username@server.com
Modules
shell - is not interactive, therefore 'apt-get install' requires -y flag copy - module copies a file on the local box to remote locations fetch - module to copy files from remote locations to the local box