Ansible Ping Module Usage

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Ansible Ping Module Usage

 a. Jump host is our Ansible controller, and we are going to run Ansible playbooks through thor user on jump host.

b.Make appropriate changes on jump host so that user thor on jump host can SSH into App Server 1 through its respective sudo user. (for example tony for app server 1).

c. There is an inventory file /home/thor/ansible/inventory on jump host. Using that inventory file test Ansible ping from jump host to App Server 1, make sure ping works.



Please Note :-  Perform the below commands based on your question  server,  user name & other details might differ . So please read task carefully before executing. All the Best 👍

 Solution : 
1.  check the ansible inventory file on jump server host



2. Generate a SSH key on Jump Host . Please note it should Thor user 
( refer below video for better understanding )

     ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048






3. Copy SSH key to setup password-less authentication to the host
    
    ssh-copy-id  tony@stapp01




4.  Validate the task by below command 

    ansible stapp01 -m ping -i inventory -v


    
5.  Click on Finish & Confirm to complete the task successful

Happy Learning!!!!


Apart from this if you need more clarity,  I have made a  tutorial video on this , please go through and share your comments. Like and share the knowledge



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