Ansible: The copy module
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 […]
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Ansible: Download a file from website and replace value
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 […]
Ansible: Roles and Modules from Content Collections
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 […]
Ansible: Adding a YUM or DNF repository
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 […]
Ansible: Configuration file
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 […]
Ansible: Install NFS mounts (NFS server installation included)
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 […]
Ansible: The changed_when parameter
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 […]
Ansible: Add and remove crontab files
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 […]
Ansible : Running jobs as a specific user
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 […]
Ansible: Scheduling jobs using AT and CRON
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 […]