Manage Configuration with Ansible

Manage Configuration with Ansible

Introduction

In this project, we’ll focus on various aspects of using Ansible for configuration management, covering the following key areas:

  • Creating inventory: We’ll create an inventory containing the list of hosts we wish to manage.

  • Creating variables: We’ll define appropriate variables that our playbooks need.

  • Creating roles and writing playbooks: We’ll create a role that sets up monitoring using Grafana and write the needed playbook(s) that will contain the tasks to perform the required actions.

  • Working with handlers: We’ll write handlers that will be triggered upon completing certain tasks.

  • Using Jinja2 templating: We’ll template some required files or settings with the help of Jinja2 templating

This project will reinforce our understanding of the essentials of Ansible and provide a practical hands-on experience that can be applied to real-world configuration management scenarios.

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