Ansible How To

A simple video tutorial
OBS: ansible uses py, and py calls /bin/sh, NOT bash !

PRE-CONFIG #

suggested: use ssh-pub-key auth without passphrase.

INSTALL #

Optioanl: add ppa:ansible/ansible
installation:

sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install ansible

HOSTS #

vim /etc/ansible/hosts

master.ip.1
[slaves]
slave.domain1
slave.ip.addr.2
[slavesGroup2]
slave.domain2
slave.ip.addr.1

(see ref to give hosts’ names individually.)

SLAVE USERNAME #

sudo mkdir /etc/ansible/group_vars && \
sudo echo '---' > /etc/ansible/group_vars/all && \
sudo echo 'ansible_ssh_user: root' >> /etc/ansible/group_vars/all

(see DigitalOcean ref to config hosts individually.)