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    Ansible Installation On AWS

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    This document describes the steps to install and configure Ansible on AWS. It includes installing Ansible on the master node, generating SSH keys, editing the inventory file to add clients, and executing ad-hoc commands and a playbook to install packages on clients. Key steps are: 1) Install Ansible and EPEL on master and clients, 2) Create SSH keys and copy to clients, 3) Edit inventory file to add clients, 4) Test connectivity and run ad-hoc commands, 5) Create a playbook to install Tomcat and run it.

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    This document describes the steps to install and configure Ansible on AWS. It includes installing Ansible on the master node, generating SSH keys, editing the inventory file to add clients, and executing ad-hoc commands and a playbook to install packages on clients. Key steps are: 1) Install Ansible and EPEL on master and clients, 2) Create SSH keys and copy to clients, 3) Edit inventory file to add clients, 4) Test connectivity and run ad-hoc commands, 5) Create a playbook to install Tomcat and run it.

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    This document describes the steps to install and configure Ansible on AWS. It includes installing Ansible on the master node, generating SSH keys, editing the inventory file to add clients, and executing ad-hoc commands and a playbook to install packages on clients. Key steps are: 1) Install Ansible and EPEL on master and clients, 2) Create SSH keys and copy to clients, 3) Edit inventory file to add clients, 4) Test connectivity and run ad-hoc commands, 5) Create a playbook to install Tomcat and run it.

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    This document describes the steps to install and configure Ansible on AWS. It includes installing Ansible on the master node, generating SSH keys, editing the inventory file to add clients, and executing ad-hoc commands and a playbook to install packages on clients. Key steps are: 1) Install Ansible and EPEL on master and clients, 2) Create SSH keys and copy to clients, 3) Edit inventory file to add clients, 4) Test connectivity and run ad-hoc commands, 5) Create a playbook to install Tomcat and run it.

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    Ansible Installation & 



    Configuration on
    AWS

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    1. Connect to ec2-instance using putty/terminal


    2. Perform yum update

    # sudo yum update
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    3. Change hostname on root user on master and client



    # hostnamectl set-hostname master (on master)

    # hostnamectl set-hostname client1 (on client)

    Reboot the machine and login again to view the hostname changes

    # reboot

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    Installation:
    1. Install epel-release on both master and client machines

    # rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
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    2. Install ansible on master


    # yum install ansible

    Check ansible version and ansible-playbook version



    # ansible —version

    # ansible-playbook —version
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    Configuration:
    1. Create a new user on master & client machines

    # useradd ansadmin

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    # passwd ansadmin

    2. Grant admin access to created user for master & client machines

    # visudo

    3. Allow password authentication to yes so that ldap users can login using 

    username & password on master & client machines
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    # vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    Enable Password authentication to yes
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    Restart the service


    # service sshd restart

    4. Login as ansadmin user on master and generate ssh key


    # ssh-keygen
    Press enter for file location, passphrase as shown in below:

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    5. Copy ssh keys from master to client 



    On Client find ip address:
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    # ifconfig -a

    On Master:
    # ssh-copy-id <client-ipaddress>

    Test the above functionality on master

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    5. Edit the default inventory file


    # sudo vi /etc/ansible/hosts
    Enter the client ip addresses under the section accordingly as shown 

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    Perform ping test on client machines from master

    Package installation on client machines from master

    Verify httpd package on client machines


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    6. Creating custom inventory file on master



    # vi ansinventoryfile.yml
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    Insert client machines into the inventory file:



    ec2client1 ansible_host=172.31.44.218 ansible_connection=ssh 

    ansible_port=22 ansible_user=ansadmin ansible_ssh_pass=vara868@ 

    ansible_become=yes

    (i) Ping test:

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    (ii) Package Installation test:


    # ansible ec2client1 -a "yum install -y finger" -i ansinventory.yml
    Verify finger installation on client machines
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    # rpm -qi finger

    7. Playbook creation and execution on master


    # vi tomcat_playbook.yml
    Tomcat package installation playbook:

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    Playbook execution:
    # ansible-playbook tomcat_playbook.yml
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    Verify tomcat installation on client machines:


    # rpm -qi tomcat

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