Ansible Setup Httpd and PHP

Question :  Nautilus Application development team wants to test an Apache and PHP setup on one of the app servers in Stratos Datacenter. They want the DevOps team to prepare an Ansible playbook to accomplish this task. Below you can find more details about the task.

There is an inventory file ~/playbooks/inventory on jump host.

Create a playbook ~/playbooks/httpd.yml on jump host and perform the following tasks on App Server 2.

a. Install httpd and php packages (whatever default version is available in yum repo).

b. Change default document root of Apache to /var/www/html/myroot in default Apache config /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Make sure /var/www/html/myroot path exists (if not please create the same).

c. There is a template ~/playbooks/templates/phpinfo.php.j2 on jump host. Copy this template to the Apache document root you created as phpinfo.php file and make sure user owner and the group owner for this file is apache user.

d. Start and enable httpd service.

Note: Validation will try to run playbook using command ansible-playbook -i inventory httpd.yml, so please make sure playbook works this way without passing any extra arguments.

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. Go through the folder mentioned in task and create inventory & playbook files   

thor@jump_host /$ cd  ~/playbooks/ thor@jump_host ~/playbooks$ thor@jump_host ~/playbooks$ ll total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 thor thor   36 Jun 17 14:28 ansible.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 thor thor  237 Jun 17 14:28 inventory drwxr-xr-x 2 thor thor 4096 Jun 17 14:29 templates thor@jump_host ~/playbooks$

2. Create a playbook file  httpd.yml as per the task  ( refer Video below for clarity )

thor@jump_host ~/playbooks$ vi httpd.yml thor@jump_host ~/playbooks$ cat httpd.yml - name: Setup Httpd and PHP   hosts: stapp02   become: yes   tasks:     - name: Install latest version of httpd and php       package:         name:           - httpd           - php         state: latest     - name: Replace default DocumentRoot in httpd.conf       replace:         path: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf         regexp: DocumentRoot \"\/var\/www\/html\"         replace: DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/myroot"     - name: Create the new DocumentRoot directory if it does not exist       file:         path: /var/www/html/myroot         state: directory         owner: apache         group: apache     - name: Use Jinja2 template to generate phpinfo.php       template:         src: /home/thor/playbooks/templates/phpinfo.php.j2         dest: /var/www/html/myroot/phpinfo.php         owner: apache         group: apache     - name: Start and enable service httpd       service:         name: httpd         state: started         enabled: yes

3. Post file saved , run below command to execute the playbook

  

thor@jump_host ~/playbooks$ ansible-playbook  -i inventory httpd.yml   PLAY [Setup Httpd and PHP] ******************************************************************   TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************** ok: [stapp02]   TASK [Install latest version of httpd and php] ********************************************** changed: [stapp02]   TASK [Replace default DocumentRoot in httpd.conf] ******************************************* changed: [stapp02]   TASK [Create the new DocumentRoot directory if it does not exist] *************************** changed: [stapp02]   TASK [Use Jinja2 template to generate phpinfo.php] ****************************************** changed: [stapp02]   TASK [Start and enable service httpd] ******************************************************* changed: [stapp02]   PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************** stapp02                    : ok=6    changed=5    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0    thor@jump_host ~/playbooks$

4. validate the task by login on app server and check

    

[steve@stapp02 ~]$ rpm -qa |grep httpd httpd-tools-2.4.6-97.el7.centos.x86_64 httpd-2.4.6-97.el7.centos.x86_64 [steve@stapp02 ~]$ [steve@stapp02 ~]$ rpm -qa |grep php php-cli-5.4.16-48.el7.x86_64 php-common-5.4.16-48.el7.x86_64 php-5.4.16-48.el7.x86_64 [steve@stapp02 ~]$

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