AnsibleProject setupLocal

Project setup

Creating the directory structure for a basic Ansible configuration

Executed:

aadmin@uvm0:~$ mkdir -p code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects/local/playbooks && cd code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects/local
aadmin@uvm0:~/code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects/local$ touch ansible.cfg hosts vars.yml

Result

The following directory structure got created:

    • ansible.cfg
    • hosts
    • vars.yml

Populating the configuration files

ansible.cfg

Brought ansible.cfg to the following form:

[defaults]
inventory = hosts
host_key_checking = false
interpreter_python=/home/aadmin/miniconda3/envs/ansible/bin/python
 
[colors]
error = bright red

hosts

Brought hosts to the following form:

[control]
localhost ansible_connection=local

vars.yml

Brought vars.yml to the following form:

esxi_server: esxihost
esxi_username: esxiadmin
esxi_password: passESXi

Encrypting the vars.yml file

Executed:

aadmin@uvm0:~/code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects/local$ ansible-vault encrypt vars.yml --ask-vault-pass

Result

The vars.yml file got encrypted.

Testing the new configuration

Executed:

aadmin@uvm0:~/code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects/local$ ansible all --one-line --module-name ping --ask-vault-pass
Vault pasword: <typed my vault password>
localhost | SUCCESS => {"changed": false,"ping": "pong"}

Result

The new configuration worked and Ansible was ready to use it.

Explanations

This was an ad-hoc Ansible command, in which ping was the short name of the ansible.builtin.ping module.

RemotePlaybooks