Modules

Question 1

Create task to install ntpd on CentOS

Answer 1

• yum: name=ntp state=present

Question 2

Create task to start ntpd on CentOS

Answer 2

• service: name=ntpd state=started enabled=yes

Question 3

Create a task to install httpd and httpd-devel on CentOS

Answer 3

-yum:
   name:
       -httpd
       -httpd-devel
    state: present

Question 4

Create task to copy following files, setting permissions to 644 and group to root and user to root:
httpd.conf to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
httpd-vhosts.conf to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-vhosts.conf

Answer 4

-copy:
src: {{item}}
dest: “/etc/httpd/conf/”{{item}}
owner: root
group: root
mode: 644
with_items:
- httpd.conf
- httpd-vhosts.conf

Question 5

How do you specify the user a playbook should be run as?

Answer 5

ansible-playbook playbook.yml –remote-user=johndoe

Question 6

How do you define variables when running the play book?

Answer 6

ansible-playbook playbook.yml –extra-vars=”key=value,key=value”

Question 7

A complete playbook that defines a variable “index.html” and installs nginx

Answer 7

• hosts: all
  become: yes
  vars:
  
  • index_file: “index.html”
    tasks:
  • yum: name=nginx state=present

Question 8

Task to ensure firewalld is stoped

Answer 8

-yum: name=firewalld state=stopped

Question 9

Create a playbook that logs in as root and installs haproxy using role haproxy.

Answer 9

• name: Installs haxproxy using role
  remote_user: root
  roles:
  - haproxy

Question 10

Create a playbook that logs in as root and installs mysql and mysqladmin using roles with same names.

Answer 10

• hosts: db
  name: install mysql and mysql admin
  remote_user: root
  roles:
  - mysql
  - mysqladmin