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Ansible

Ansible is A radically simple IT automation platform, used for Application orchestration Operations Automation . Ansible is an open source IT automation engine that automates provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, orchestration, and many other IT processes.

architecture

Prepare​

When referring to this document to use Ansible, please read and ensure the following points:

  • Login to Websoft9 Console and find or install Ansible:

    • Go to My Apps listing applications
    • Go to App Store installing target application

  • This application is installed by Websoft9 console.

  • The purpose of this application complies with the GPL-3.0 open source license agreement.

  • Configure the domain name or server security group opens external network ports for application access.

Getting started​

After installing Ansible in the Websoft9 Console, view the application details in My Apps, and acccess to the container by Exec Console.

Test Ansible​

  1. Prepare managed nodes before using Ansible.

  2. Run the below commands to test Ansible localhost mode

    # Viewing the help
    ansible -h

    # View system information
    ansible localhost -m setup

  3. Run the test example that already exists in the container.

    cd test

    # Edit the managed node connection
    vim inventory

    # Start the run command
    ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml
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Configuration options​

  • Ansible Configuration file

    • /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg: automatically generated by installation
    • . /ansible.cfg: located in the current working directory
    • ~/.ansible.cfg: located in the current user's home directory

  • Ansible Example Directory: /ansible/project

  • Environment Variables: Environment variables that begin with 'ANSIBLE_' are related to 'ansible.cfg'. For example: 'export ANSIBLE_SUDO_USER=root'

  • Ansible GUI tool: Ansible Semaphore

  • CLI（√）: ansible

Administer​

Troubleshooting​