Working as a I.T professional, We
need to also required to install a single or multiple packages in our
multiple server, Here we are about to create Ansible Playbook to install Nginx web server
We believe, You have already installed Ansible if not you need to click on given link to install Ansible on ubuntu server.
Step 1: Configure Ansible
By default ansible host configuration file is /etc/ansible/hosts Here you need to add the Apache web server details like this, Use the following step for the same, In my case i have 1 apache server.
Group Name - WebServer
IP Address - Your IP Address
Username - example
Password - XXXXXXXXXX
You need to add your server in ansible host file, Syntax is given below, You need to open the /etc/ansible/hosts file with nano or vim text editor.
sudo vim /etc/ansible/hosts
and add the web server entry like this.
©[webserver]
localhost ansible_connection=ssh ansible_ssh_user=ubuntu ansible_ssh_pass=xxxxxxx
Sample output.
Change the credentials as per your environment, Save and exit from the vim text editor and verify the host machine connectivity with ansible by using the given command.
©ansible all -m ping
You should get output like this.
Here our host configuration is completed and now we can go for next step to write play book.
Step 2: Creating Apache Playbook
You need to create a nginx-playbook.yml and you change it according to your requirement.
©sudo vim nginx-playbook.yml
Paste the given code.
©- hosts: webserver
become: yes
tasks:
- name: update
apt: update_cache=yes
- name: Install Nginx
apt: name=nginx state=latest
notify:
- restart nginx
handlers:
- name: restart nginx
service: name=nginx state=reloaded
Now we are ready to use the Nginx's PlayBook, To execute the PlayBook you need to use the given command.
©ansible-playbook nginx-playbook.yml
You should get output like this.
Verify the Nginx service on your targeted server by using the given command.
©sudo systemctl status nginx.service
Sample output.
Conclusion
We have successfully created nginx playbook for Apache Web Server in our Ubuntu 18.04 server.
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