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Problem Statement

The Nautilus DevOps team has some data on each app server in Stratos DC that they want to copy to a different location. However, they want to create an archive of the data first, then they want to copy the same to a different location on the respective app server. Additionally, there are some specific requirements for each server. Perform the task using Ansible playbook as per requirements mentioned below:

Create a playbook named playbook.yml under /home/thor/ansible directory on jump host, an inventory file is already placed under /home/thor/ansible/ directory on Jump Server itself.

Create an archive demo.tar.gz (make sure archive format is tar.gz) of /usr/src/security/ directory ( present on each app server ) and copy it to /opt/security/ directory on all app servers. The user and group owner of archive demo.tar.gz should be tony for App Server 1, steve for App Server 2 and banner for App Server 3.

Solution

  1. Navigate to the Ansible directory:

    cd /home/thor/ansible/

  2. Review the inventory file:

    Check the inventory file to confirm it lists all the app servers with their details:

    cat inventory

    The content should look like this:

    stapp01 ansible_host=172.16.238.10 ansible_ssh_pass=Ir0nM@n ansible_user=tony
stapp02 ansible_host=172.16.238.11 ansible_ssh_pass=Am3ric@ ansible_user=steve
stapp03 ansible_host=172.16.238.12 ansible_ssh_pass=BigGr33n ansible_user=banner

  3. Create and edit the playbook:

    Open or create the playbook.yml file in your preferred text editor:

    vi playbook.yml

    Add the following YAML configuration to create an archive and set the owner for each server:

    ---
- hosts: all
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - name: Create an archive demo.tar.gz
      archive:
        path: /usr/src/security/
        dest: /opt/security/demo.tar.gz
        format: gz
      
    - name: Set owner of the archive for stapp01
      file:
        path: /opt/security/demo.tar.gz
        owner: tony
        group: tony
      when: inventory_hostname == 'stapp01'

    - name: Set owner of the archive for stapp02
      file:
        path: /opt/security/demo.tar.gz
        owner: steve
        group: steve
      when: inventory_hostname == 'stapp02'

    - name: Set owner of the archive for stapp03
      file:
        path: /opt/security/demo.tar.gz
        owner: banner
        group: banner
      when: inventory_hostname == 'stapp03'

    This configuration does the following:

    • Creates a tar.gz archive of the /usr/src/security/ directory and places it in /opt/security/.
    • Sets the owner and group of the archive based on the host.

  4. Run the Ansible playbook:

    Execute the playbook using the following command:

    ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml

    The output should confirm the successful execution of the tasks:

    PLAY [all] ******************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ******************************************************************
ok: [stapp01]
ok: [stapp02]
ok: [stapp03]

TASK [Create an archive demo.tar.gz] ****************************************************
changed: [stapp01]
changed: [stapp02]
changed: [stapp03]

TASK [Set owner of the archive for stapp01] *********************************************
changed: [stapp01]

TASK [Set owner of the archive for stapp02] *********************************************
changed: [stapp02]

TASK [Set owner of the archive for stapp03] *********************************************
changed: [stapp03]

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************
stapp01                    : ok=4    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
stapp02                    : ok=4    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
stapp03                    : ok=4    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0