Ansible Howto

ansible first steps

documentation

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_getting_started.html

installation

On ubuntu / debian:

sudo apt install ansible

initial config

Edit /etc/ansible/hosts

ansible advanced topics

use cases debian/ubuntu sys management using apt

This only works for ansible >=2.4.

tim@spike-vm:~/ansi$ ansible-playbook -l puppet apt-autoremove.yml -K

tim@spike-vm:~/ansi$ cat apt-autoremove.yml 
---

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  tasks:
     - name: Autoremove unused packages
       apt:
         autoremove: yes
       when: >
        ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
        or
        ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'

use case install apt package

tim@spike-vm:~/ansi$ ansible-playbook -l puppet apt-install.yml -K -e "package=apache2"
SUDO password: 

PLAY [all] *********************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [puppet]

TASK [install package "apache2"] ***********************************************
ok: [puppet]

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
puppet                     : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0   

tim@spike-vm:~/ansi$ cat apt-install.yml 
---

- hosts: all
 become: yes
 tasks:
    - name: install package "Template:Package"
      apt:
       name: apache2
      when: >
       ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
       or
       ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'