Ansible

Ansible is an automation language that can perfectly describe an IT application infrastructure. It’s easy to learn and doesn’t require a grad-level computer science degree to read. Automation shouldn’t be more complex than the tasks it’s replacing.

Installing Ansible

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install ansible

Project folder structure

• AnsibleProject
  • ansible.cfg
  • hosts
  • playbook.yml
  • roles
    • basic
      • tasks
        • main.yml

Configuring Ansible

List the IP address of the host systems in the hosts file

Run Ansible

Run the following command from your project directory

• ansible-playbook -K playbook.yml