Install Ansible
$ brew install ansible # OSX
$ [sudo] apt install ansible # elsewhere
Ansible is available as a package in most OS’s.
See: Installation
Start your project
~$ mkdir setup
~$ cd setup
Make a folder for your Ansible files.
See: Getting started
Creating your files
Inventory file
~/setup/hosts
[sites]
127.0.0.1
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3
This is a list of hosts you want to manage, grouped into groups. (Hint: try
using localhost ansible_connection=local
to deploy to your local machine.)
See: Intro to Inventory
Playbook
~/setup/playbook.yml
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
user: root
tasks:
- name: install nginx
apt: pkg=nginx state=present
- name: start nginx every bootup
service: name=nginx state=started enabled=yes
- name: do something in the shell
shell: echo hello > /tmp/abc.txt
- name: install bundler
gem: name=bundler state=latest
See: Intro to Playbooks
Running
Running ansible-playbook
~/setup$ ls
hosts
playbook.yml
Running the playbook
~/setup$ ansible-playbook -i hosts playbook.yml
PLAY [all] ********************************************************************
GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]
TASK: [install nginx] *********************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]
TASK: start nginx every bootup] ***********************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]
...
Read more
- Getting started with Ansible (lowendbox.com)
- Getting started (docs.ansible.com)
- Intro to Inventory (docs.ansible.com)
- Intro to Playbooks (docs.ansible.com)