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Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible

Solution: Ansible for Linux

Explore how to use Ansible for Linux automation by creating playbooks that manage text files, set file ownership and permissions, and run commands on target hosts. Understand playbook structure and execution for effective task automation.

We'll cover the following...
---
- name: exercise
  hosts: all
  vars:
    myfile: "/etc/motd"
  tasks:
  - name: creating a text file
    ansible.builtin.copy:
      dest: "{{ myfile }}"
      content: |
        Example of
        Message of the Day
      owner: "root"
      group: "root"
      mode: "0644"
Code to create the motd file

Explanation

  • For the create_file.yml file:

    • Line 2: We write the play named exercise.

    • Line 3: We specify the host all for the target hosts of execution.

    • Lines ...