Writing Your First Ansible Playbook

Create a basic playbook in /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml that completes the noted task required for all servers in the Ansible inventory.

Create the file /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml and add the following content:

---
- hosts: all
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: edit host file
      lineinfile:
        path: /etc/hosts
        line: "ansible.xyzcorp.com 169.168.0.1"

    - name: install elinks
      package:
        name: elinks
        state: latest

    - name: create audit user
      user:
        name: xyzcorp_audit
        state: present

    - name: update motd
      copy:
        src: /home/ansible/motd
        dest: /etc/motd

    - name: update issue
      copy:
        src: /home/ansible/issue
        dest: /etc/issue

Add a section to the playbook in /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml that completes the noted task required for the network servers in the Ansible inventory.

Create a play in the file /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml similar to the following:

 - hosts: network
   become: yes
   tasks:
     - name: install netcat
       yum:
         name: nmap-ncat
         state: latest
     - name: create network user
       user:
         name: xyzcorp_network
         state: present

Add a section to the playbook in /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml that completes the noted task required for the sysadmin servers in the Ansible inventory.

Create a play in the file /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml similar to the following:

- hosts: sysadmin
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: copy tarball
      copy:
        src: /home/ansible/scripts.tgz
        dest: /mnt/storage/

Execute playbook /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml to verify your playbook works correctly.

Run ansible-playbook /home/ansible/bootstrap.yml from the control node.