One of the drivers to automate is to make sure that all the required software is installed and software that isn’t required isn’t installed. While that seems easy enough, any task repeated over a thousand servers is going to be difficult. This lab will go through Ansible’s method of software management to ease that Adminsitrator’s mind.
*This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Install httpd Using Ansible
The easiest way to install
httpdwould be the following command:ansible -m yum -a "name=httpd state=present" localhost --becomeWe have to use
--becomebecause we’re set up to connect using theansibleuser which
doesn’t have access to install software.- Remove tcpdump Using Ansible
The easiest way to remove
tcpdumpwould be the following command:ansible -m yum -a "name=tcpdump state=absent" localhost --becomeWe have to use
--becomebecause we’re set up to connect using theansibleuser which
doesn’t have access to install software.
