Configuration Management using Ansible - 2

ansible-vault encrypt <filename>

ansible encrypt-vault <filename>

ansible-vault encrypt –file <filename>

ansible-encrypt encrypt <filename>

Store Ansible Playbooks

It acts as a community and helps store Ansible Modules

It acts as a community and helps store Ansible Roles and Collection

Store sensitive data via ansible vault

To switch to a different playbook

To switch to a different (typically privileged) user on target nodes

To switch to a different (typically privileged) user on controller

To convert ansible modules into a role

mode

group

owner

state

present

By using the “action” parameter with the value “start”

By providing the name of the service as a parameter to the module

By using the “service” parameter with the value “start”

By using the “state” parameter with the value “started”

To set up a new target system with the necessary software and configurations

To gather facts about a target system, such as hardware and software information

To automate the deployment of software to a target system

To configure network settings on a target system

template

package

file

directory

lineinfile

ansible apache.yaml

ansible -p apache.yaml

ansible-playbook apache.yaml

ansible --playbook apache.yaml

-e

--extra-vars

-v

--vars

--args

A file that contains the list of target hosts

Located at "/etc/ansible/hosts" by default

A file that contains the module definitions

We can use multiple inventory files by using -i flag

We can use multiple inventory files by using -h flag