In this example we will write a simple playbook in Ansible, that will create a new user in a managed host.<\/p>\n
For this we need to ensure the managed host is present in the “inventory” file that will be used<\/p>\n
[root@centos9vm ~]#<\/strong> cat inventory<\/p>\n ===== ====<\/p>\n 192.168.132.129 192.168.132.135 [webservers] [dbservers] [myGroups:children] [testGRP] [testGRP:vars] ===== ====<\/p>\n Ensure the Ansible server can SSH to the managed node without a password<\/p>\n Let us create a new playbook named\u00a0shijuplaybook.yml<\/p>\n [root@centos9vm ~]#<\/strong> cat shijuplaybook.yml<\/p>\n ========= ======== – name: Installing httpd package Now let us check the syntax of the newly created yml file before actually executing the playbook<\/p>\n [root@centos9vm ~]#<\/strong> ansible-navigator run -m stdout shijuplaybook.yml –syntax-check [root@centos9vm ~]#<\/strong> ansible-navigator run -m stdout shijuplaybook.yml<\/p>\n ==== ===<\/p>\n PLAY [shiju sample playbook] ***************************************************<\/p>\n TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************* TASK [Add a user shiju100] ***************************************************** TASK [Install httpd server] **************************************************** PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************* ==== ===<\/p>\n Verify is the new user got added in the node 192.168.132.130<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n192.168.132.130<\/p>\n
\nservera.example.com<\/p>\n
\nservera.example.com
\nserverb.example.com<\/p>\n
\nserverc.example.com
\nserverb.example.com
\nservera.example.com<\/p>\n
\nwebservers
\ndbservers<\/p>\n
\n192.168.132.135<\/p>\n
\ntheUser = shiju500<\/p>\n
\n– – –
\n– name: shiju sample playbook
\n hosts: 192.168.132.130
\n tasks:
\n – name: Add a user shiju100
\n ansible.builtin.user:
\n name: shiju100
\n state: present<\/p>\n
\n ansible.builtin.dnf:
\n name: httpd
\n state: present
\n========= ========<\/p>\n
\nplaybook: \/root\/shijuplaybook.yml<\/p>\n
\nok: [192.168.132.130]<\/p>\n
\nchanged: [192.168.132.130]<\/p>\n
\nchanged: [192.168.132.130]<\/p>\n
\n192.168.132.130 : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
\n[root@centos9vm ~]#<\/p>\n