The module ansible.builtin.copy enables users to copy files from the controller node to managed nodes. It also helps to add/modify a destination file with a specific content. In the below example we use three groups in…
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In this post we are going to see how we can use the below two modules to download a file from a URL or and FTP server to the managed nodes, and replace certain content…
The Content Collection is a set of related roles, supplementary modules, and other content. This can be obtained from an Ansible Content Collection and can be used in playbook. The default path where collections are usually downloaded…
A yum or dnf repository can be added to managed nodes using Ansible. This is done using the ansible builtin yum_repository module. Basics of creating yum repositories can be found at this link. Below playbook…
When executing a playbook, ansible uses certain values mentioned in the “ansible.cfg” file. This includes the location of “inventory” file, etc. The “ansible.cfg” file can be present in any of the following locations, and the…
NFS, or Network File Share is a service that allows client to store and share files and folders that will be stored in a centralized server. Installing NFS server on RHEL 9 node is straight…
By default, when a playbook is executed, in the display mode stdout we will see various piece of information. IT provides us a the sections through which the execution is proceeding, displaying the name is…
Ansible can be used to remotely configure cron entries or even create a crontab files in managed nodes. The below example creates a crontab file named “/etc/cron.d/the-date-time” in the managed nodes. First let us verify…
Though ansible server will run jobs in managed nodes as a root user, we can specify the user account using which the jobs should get executed in the remote nodes. This is done using the…
Ansible provides a means to schedule jobs to be executed on a future time, weather it is a one time job or ones to be repeated at regular interval. This is done using the modules…