In the below example variables are defined in the host inventory file. [root@centos9vm ~]# cat inventory === === === 192.168.132.129 192.168.132.130 servera.example.com [webservers] servera.example.com serverb.example.com [dbservers] serverc.example.com serverb.example.com servera.example.com [myGroups:children] webservers dbservers [testGRP] 192.168.132.130 [testGRP:vars]…

Variables hold values that can be used when playbooks are executed. It can be defined in: Inventory file (host scope) Playbook (play scope) Defined globally (global scope) Play scope In the below example variables are…

In this example we will write a simple playbook in Ansible, that will create a new user in a managed host. For this we need to ensure the managed host is present in the “inventory”…

A simple Ansible  inventory file is a txt file that has a list of managed hosts and groups. A simple Inventory can be as follows: [root@centos9vm ~]# cat inventory == ===== 192.168.132.129 servera.example.com [webservers] servera.example.com…

The ansible-navigator is a command-line tool which is used for creating, reviewing, running and troubleshooting Ansible content, including playbooks, collections, inventories, documentation and container images. It comes with RHEL distributions and can be installed using…