Ansible need a control node, control node needs a ssh client ans Ansible softwares. Ansible control node controller the all devices specified in INVENTORY Ansible can execute tasks describes on playbooks
Setting up hostess machine - Configuring ssh client
echo "PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-rsa" >> ~/.ssh/configProvisioning lab
#Add text to ./Vagrant file
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
v.memory = 1024
end
config.vm.define "wordpress" do |m|
m.vm.network "private_network", ip: "<host vagrant vm wordpress>"
end
end
#Start vagrant environment
vagrant upTesting VM on vagrant with ssh connection
#show vagrant ssh configurations
vagrant ssh-config
#connect with ssh to vagrant vm
vagrant sshMaking Ansible Inventory
echo -e "[wordpress]\n <host vagrant vm wordpress>" >> ./hosts.cfgTesting Ansible connection to hosts
ansible wordpress -u vagrant --private-key .vagrant/machines/wordpress/virtualbox/private_key -i ./hosts.cfg -m shell -a 'echo Hello, World'Creating a first Ansible playbook(provisioning.yaml)
---
- hosts: all
tasks:
- shell: "echo 'hello world' > /vagrant/first-task.txt"Testing Ansible playbook
ansible-playbook ./provisioning.yaml -u vagrant -i ./hosts.cfg --private-key ./.vagrant/machines/wordpress/virtualbox/private_key