Ansible

sudo apt update  && sudo apt list  --upgradeable
sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install ansible ansible-lint sshpass

sshpass -V
ansible --version
ansible-lint --version

Playbook

chorke-academia-project ├─ main_playbook.yml └─ inventories/ ├─ staging/ │ └─ academia/ │ ├─ inventory.yml │ └─ group_vars/ │ ├─ academia_group.yaml │ └─ all.yaml └─ test/ └─ academia/ ├─ inventory.yml └─ group_vars/ ├─ academia_group.yaml └─ all.yaml		all: children: gtw_servers: hosts: 10.20.30.1: dmz_servers: hosts: 10.20.30.100: dns_servers: hosts: 10.20.30.[100:102]: vars: ansible_port: 4321 ansible_user: deploy ansible_ssh_pass: sadaqah
mkdir -p chorke-academia-project/inventories/{staging,test}/academia/{group_vars,host_vars} touch chorke-academia-project/inventories/{staging,test}/academia/group_vars/{all,academia_group}.yaml touch chorke-academia-project/inventories/{staging,test}/academia/inventory.yml touch chorke-academia-project/main_playbook.yml cd chorke-academia-project ansible-playbook -i inventories/staging main_playbook.yml ansible-inventory -i inventories/staging --list

Playbook » LXD

mkdir -p ~/Documents/ansible-playground
cd       ~/Documents/ansible-playground

cat << 'YML' | tee ./lxd-launch-ubuntu-24-lts.yml >/dev/null
---
- name: LXD Launch Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  vars:
    container_name: ubuntu-24-lts
    cpu_architecture: "{{ ansible_architecture }}"
    os_family : "{{ ansible_os_family }}"

  tasks:
    - name: Create a started container
      community.general.lxd_container:
        name: "{{ container_name }}"
        ignore_volatile_options: true
        state: started
        source:
          type: image
          mode: pull
          protocol: simplestreams
          server: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases
          alias: 24.04/{{ cpu_architecture }}
        profiles: ["default"]
        wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
        timeout: 600

    - name: Check python is installed in container
      delegate_to: "{{ container_name }}"
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        lxc exec {{ container_name }} -- dpkg -s python3.11
      register: python_install_check
      failed_when: python_install_check.rc not in [0, 1]
      changed_when: false

    - name: Install python in container
      delegate_to: "{{ container_name }}"
      ansible.builtin.raw: |
        lxc exec {{ container_name }} -- apt-get update
        lxc exec {{ container_name }} -- apt-get install -y python3.11
        lxc exec {{ container_name }} -- apt-get clean
      when: python_install_check.rc == 1
YML

Molecule

mkdir molecule-example && cd molecule-example
python3 -m venv .venv --prompt="molecule"
source ./.venv/bin/activate

pip install 'molecule[lint]'
pip install  molecule-podman
pip freeze   > requirements.txt
molecule init role 'acme.mywebapp' --driver-name podman

Modules

ansible.builtin.unarchive
community.general.apache2_mod_proxy community.general.rpm_ostree_pkg community.general.iso_customize community.general.iso_extract community.general.iso_create community.general.apt_repo community.general.apt_rpm community.general.bower community.general.cargo community.general.apk	community.general.bitbucket_pipeline_known_host community.general.bitbucket_pipeline_variable community.general.bitbucket_pipeline_key_pair community.general.bitbucket_access_key community.general.jenkins_job_info community.general.jenkins_plugin community.general.jenkins_script community.general.jenkins_build community.general.jenkins_job community.general.java_cert	community.general.nginx_status_info community.general.dnf_versionlock community.general.cloudflare_dns community.general.java_keystore community.general.lxd_container community.general.openwrt_init community.general.archive community.general.redis community.general.nmcli community.general.npm
community.general.yarn
community.windows.win_iis_virtualdirectory community.windows.win_iis_webapplication community.windows.win_security_policy community.windows.win_iis_webapppool community.windows.win_iis_webbinding community.windows.win_iis_website community.windows.win_wakeonlan community.windows.win_shortcut community.windows.win_robocopy community.windows.win_timezone	community.windows.win_firewall_rule community.windows.win_firewall community.windows.win_regmerge community.windows.win_format community.windows.win_route community.windows.win_unzip community.windows.psexec
community.general.homebrew_cask community.general.homebrew_tap community.general.homebrew community.general.launchd

Namespaces

community.digitalocean community.hashi_vault community.postgresql community.general community.windows community.libvirt community.network community.mongodb community.vmware community.mysql	community.rabbitmq community.routeros community.skydive community.grafana community.crypto community.docker community.google community.azure community.aws community.dns	openvswitch.openvswitch chocolatey.chocolatey azure.azcollection containers.podman check_point.mgmt kubernetes.core openstack.cloud amazon.aws
ansible.netcommon ansible.builtin ansible.windows ansible.posix ansible.utils

Knowledge

python3 -m venv .venv --prompt="Molecule" # source .venv/bin/activate # (Molecule) $	python3 -m venv .venv --prompt="Molecule" # source .venv/bin/activate # (Molecule) $	python -m venv .venv --prompt="Molecule" # .venv\Scripts\activate # (Molecule) PS>
pip install -r requirements.txt pip freeze > requirements.txt	[all:vars] ansible_port=22	ansible_connection=ssh ansible_ssh_pass=vagrant
ansible-inventory\ -i inventories/staging/\ --list	ansible dns_servers\ -i inventories/staging/\ -m ping	ansible-playbook\ -i inventories/staging/\ main_playbook.yml
pip install -U pip pip install --upgrade pip	pip freeze > requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt --upgrade	pip list --outdated pip install pip-check
pip list -o | gawk -F ' ' 'NR>2{print$1}' | xargs pip install -U pip list --outdated | gawk -F ' ' 'NR>2{print$1}' | xargs pip install --upgrade

References

Ansible » Install & Configure on Ubuntu 20.04 Ansible » Essentials Best Practices Ansible » Playbook » Define Tasks Ansible » Playbook » Variables Ansible » Building Inventories Ansible » Playbook » Filters Ansible » Developing Role Ansible » Test » Molecule Ansible » Test » Testinfra Ansible » Test » Tox	Ansible » Resolve inventory, group_vars & host_vars Ansible » Test » Molecule » Podman » Roles » Part 1 Ansible » Test » Molecule » Podman » Roles » Part 2 Ansible » Test » Molecule » Getting Started Ansible » Test » Molecule » CI/CD Ansible » Set Up Inventory File Ansible » VS Code Extension Ansible » Set Up Inventories Ansible » Types of Variables Ansible » Tower	Ansible » Set Default User/Password for SSH Ansible » Prompt User/Password from CLI
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