Ansible Commands: From Basics to Mastery (Part 5)

Ansible Commands: From Basics to Mastery (Part 5)

Ansible Commands Ansible has multiple commands, each serving different functions. Below are some commonly used commands and their parameters. Common Commands # Set the ansible configuration file ansible-config # View ansible related modules and module documentation ansible-doc # View ansible's inventory ansible-inventory # Execute ad-hoc tasks ansible # Execute ansible playbooks ansible-playbook # Set ansible … Read more

Basic Usage of Ansible Playbook

Basic Usage of Ansible Playbook

Introduction to Ansible Playbook A Playbook is a component of Ansible used for configuration management. While Ansible’s AD-Hoc command functionality is powerful and can accomplish some basic configuration management tasks, AD-Hoc commands cannot support the configuration management of complex environments. In our practical use of Ansible, most of the time is spent writing Playbooks. In … Read more

Using Ansible Playbook to Copy Multiple Files to Target Server

Using Ansible Playbook to Copy Multiple Files to Target Server

Using with_items to Copy Multiple Files/Directories If you want to copy multiple files, you can use with_items to iterate over them. — – hosts: all remote_user: root gather_facts: false tasks: – name : copy file copy: src: /root/{{item}} dest: /usr/local/apps/ with_items: [’45.txt’, ‘run.sh’,’node_exporter.tar.gz’] [root@ansible ~]# ansible-playbook -C copy.yaml [root@ansible ~]# ansible-playbook copy.yaml Check the copied … Read more

Ansible Playbook: Copying Multiple Files

Ansible Playbook: Copying Multiple Files

1. Copying a Single File to the Target Server [root@Jenkins copymodule]# cat copy.yml—– hosts: allremote_user: rootgather_facts: falsetasks:– name: “Copy file from host to target server”copy:src: “/root/ansible/luyan/copymodule/copytest1.txt”dest: “/opt/copymodule”owner: rootgroup: rootmode: 755 2. Copying Multiple Files to the Target Server [root@Jenkins copymodule]# cat copyduogewenjian.yml—– hosts: allremote_user: rootgather_facts: falsetasks:– name: “Copy files from host to target server”copy:src: “{{ … Read more

Automated Deployment is Awesome! Achieving Enterprise-Level Operations Automation with Python and Ansible

Automated Deployment is Awesome! Achieving Enterprise-Level Operations Automation with Python and Ansible

Automated deployment is truly “awesome”! If you are responsible for operations and maintenance in a company and need to manually configure dozens of servers every day, the repetitive tasks can be exhausting. But what if you could master a method that allows you to write just a few lines of code to automatically configure and … Read more

Ansible Beginner’s Guide: From Tedious Operations to One-Click Deployment, Say Goodbye to Late-Night Operations Nightmares

Ansible Beginner's Guide: From Tedious Operations to One-Click Deployment, Say Goodbye to Late-Night Operations Nightmares

Ansible is a powerful automation tool that simplifies complex system deployments to the level of pressing a button. Previously, operations personnel had to manually execute commands, install software, and configure environments on multiple servers, which was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to errors. With Ansible, these operations can be automated, significantly reducing the operational burden and … Read more

Master Ansible Automation in One Week: Transition from Manual Configuration to Code-Based Management

Master Ansible Automation in One Week: Transition from Manual Configuration to Code-Based Management

In today’s digital age, operations and maintenance work is like finding an exit in a complex maze; a small mistake can lead to trouble. Under traditional operations and maintenance methods, personnel need to connect to servers one by one via SSH, manually copy and paste commands, or write complex shell scripts to execute operations in … Read more

Ansible Automation Deployment: Core Features and Use Cases

Ansible Automation Deployment: Core Features and Use Cases

Click the blue text to follow us Q1· What are the core architectural features of Ansible? How does it achieve agentless automation deployment? Answer: The core architectural feature of Ansible is its agentless design, which connects to managed nodes via SSH without the need to install any agent software on those nodes. Ansible is developed … Read more

Combining Ansible and Python for Automated Server Management

Combining Ansible and Python for Automated Server Management

Word count: 1358, reading time approximately 7 minutes It was a caffeine-fueled 3 AM, and I was slumped in my office chair staring at the monitoring screen showing 20 suddenly unresponsive Kubernetes nodes. As my fingers mechanically switched between SSH windows, I suddenly realized I had become a human operation script—this scene was reminiscent of … Read more

Ansible + Python = The Pinnacle of Operations Automation: Easily Manage Hundreds of Servers!

Ansible + Python = The Pinnacle of Operations Automation: Easily Manage Hundreds of Servers!

If one day you need to manage hundreds of servers, what will you do? Will you log in, configure, and update software on each one manually? Doesn’t that sound like a nightmare (yes, an upgraded version of a “nightmare”)! Fortunately, the combination of Python and Ansible allows you to easily achieve operations automation, completely bidding … Read more