Create Files on App Servers using Ansible Level 1 Ansible KodeKloud Engineer Task Success

Question :  The Nautilus DevOps team is testing various Ansible modules on servers in Stratos DC. They're currently focusing on file creation on remote hosts using Ansible. Here are the details:

a. Create an inventory file ~/playbook/inventory on jump host and add all app servers in it.

b. Create a playbook ~/playbook/playbook.yml to create a blank file /opt/opt.txt on all app servers.

c. The /opt/opt.txt file permission must be 0755.

d. The user/group owner of file /home/web.txt must be tony on app server 1, steve on app server 2 and banner on app server 3.

Note: Validation will execute the playbook using the command ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml, so ensure the playbook functions correctly without any additional 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 verified the playbook 

    ls -l /home/thor/playbook/

2.  Create a inventory file and add the app server's as per task.

thor@jumphost ~/playbook$ vi inventory  thor@jumphost ~/playbook$ cat inventory  stapp01 ansible_host=172.16.238.10 ansible_ssh_pass=Ir0nM@n  ansible_user=tony stapp02 ansible_host=172.16.238.11 ansible_ssh_pass=Am3ric@  ansible_user=steve stapp03 ansible_host=172.16.238.12 ansible_ssh_pass=BigGr33n     ansible_user=banner thor@jumphost ~/playbook$

3.  Create a playbook as per the task  ( refer Video below for clarity )

thor@jumphost ~/playbook$vi  playbook.yml  thor@jumphost ~/playbook$ cat playbook.yml  - name: Create file in appservers   hosts: stapp01, stapp02, stapp03   become: yes   tasks:     - name: Create the file and set properties       file:         path: /opt/opt.txt         owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"         group: "{{ ansible_user }}"         mode: "0755"         state: touch thor@jumphost ~/playbook$

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

thor@jumphost ~/playbook$ ansible-playbook  -i inventory playbook.yml PLAY [Create file in appservers] ******************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************** ok: [stapp03] ok: [stapp01] ok: [stapp02] TASK [Create the file and set properties] *********************************************************** changed: [stapp01] changed: [stapp02] changed: [stapp03] PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************** stapp01                    : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0    stapp02                    : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0    stapp03                    : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0    thor@jumphost ~/playbook$

        

5. validate the task by running the below command

thor@jumphost ~/playbook$ ansible all -a "ls -lsd /opt/opt.txt" -i inventory stapp01 | CHANGED | rc=0 >> 0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 tony tony 0 Jul 12 10:54 /opt/opt.txt stapp03 | CHANGED | rc=0 >> 0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 banner banner 0 Jul 12 10:54 /opt/opt.txt stapp02 | CHANGED | rc=0 >> 0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 steve steve 0 Jul 12 10:54 /opt/opt.txt thor@jumphost ~/playbook$

6. 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