QUESTION NO: 1
Create a playbook /home/bob /ansible/motd.yml that runs on all inventory hosts and docs the following: The playbook should replaee any existing content of/etc/motd in the following text. Use ansible facts to display the FQDN of each host On hosts in the dev host group the line should be "Welcome to Dev Server FQDN".
On hosts in the webserver host group the line should be "Welcome to Apache Server FQDN".
On hosts in the database host group the line should be "Welcome to MySQL Server FQDN".
Create a playbook /home/bob /ansible/motd.yml that runs on all inventory hosts and docs the following: The playbook should replaee any existing content of/etc/motd in the following text. Use ansible facts to display the FQDN of each host On hosts in the dev host group the line should be "Welcome to Dev Server FQDN".
On hosts in the webserver host group the line should be "Welcome to Apache Server FQDN".
On hosts in the database host group the line should be "Welcome to MySQL Server FQDN".
Correct Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation
/home/sandy/ansible/apache.yml
/home/sandy/ansible/roles/sample-apache/tasks/main.yml
Explanation
/home/sandy/ansible/apache.yml
/home/sandy/ansible/roles/sample-apache/tasks/main.yml
QUESTION NO: 2
Create an ansible vault password file calledlock.ymlwith the passwordreallysafepwin the
/home/sandy/ansibledirectory. In the lock.yml file define two variables. One ispw_devand the password is
'dev' and the other ispw_mgrand the password is 'mgr' Create a regular file calledsecret.txtwhich contains the password for lock.yml.
Create an ansible vault password file calledlock.ymlwith the passwordreallysafepwin the
/home/sandy/ansibledirectory. In the lock.yml file define two variables. One ispw_devand the password is
'dev' and the other ispw_mgrand the password is 'mgr' Create a regular file calledsecret.txtwhich contains the password for lock.yml.
Correct Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation
ansible-vault create lock.yml
New Vault Password: reallysafepw
Confirm: reallysafepw
Explanation
ansible-vault create lock.yml
New Vault Password: reallysafepw
Confirm: reallysafepw
QUESTION NO: 3
Install and configure ansible
Userbobhas been created on your control node. Give him the appropriate permissions on the control node.Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node.
Create a configuration file /home/bob/ansible/ansible.cfg to meet the following requirements:
* The roles path should include /home/bob/ansible/roles, as well as any other path that maybe required for the course of the sample exam.
* The inventory file path is /home/bob/ansible/inventory.
* Ansible should be able to manage 10 hosts at a single time.
* Ansible should connect to all managed nodes using the bob user.
Create an inventory file for the following five nodes:
nodel.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node1 is a member of groupdev.nodc2 is a member of group test, nodc3 is a member of group nodc4 and node 5 are members of groupprod.Also,prodis a member of group webservers.
Install and configure ansible
Userbobhas been created on your control node. Give him the appropriate permissions on the control node.Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node.
Create a configuration file /home/bob/ansible/ansible.cfg to meet the following requirements:
* The roles path should include /home/bob/ansible/roles, as well as any other path that maybe required for the course of the sample exam.
* The inventory file path is /home/bob/ansible/inventory.
* Ansible should be able to manage 10 hosts at a single time.
* Ansible should connect to all managed nodes using the bob user.
Create an inventory file for the following five nodes:
nodel.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node1 is a member of groupdev.nodc2 is a member of group test, nodc3 is a member of group nodc4 and node 5 are members of groupprod.Also,prodis a member of group webservers.
Correct Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation
In/home/sandy/ansible/ansible.cfg
[defaults]
inventory=/home/sandy/ansible/inventory
roles_path=/home/sandy/ansible/roles
remote_user= sandy
host_key_checking=false
[privilegeescalation]
become=true
become_user=root
become_method=sudo
become_ask_pass=false
In /home/sandy/ansible/inventory
[dev]
node1 .example.com
[test]
node2.example.com
[proxy]
node3 .example.com
[prod]
node4.example.com
node5 .example.com
[webservers:children]
prod
Explanation
In/home/sandy/ansible/ansible.cfg
[defaults]
inventory=/home/sandy/ansible/inventory
roles_path=/home/sandy/ansible/roles
remote_user= sandy
host_key_checking=false
[privilegeescalation]
become=true
become_user=root
become_method=sudo
become_ask_pass=false
In /home/sandy/ansible/inventory
[dev]
node1 .example.com
[test]
node2.example.com
[proxy]
node3 .example.com
[prod]
node4.example.com
node5 .example.com
[webservers:children]
prod