ansible-instantaneous-server-communication — revision history

rev 16 | foxhop | 1404837977000 | JSON

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f	1	Ansible	f	1	Ansible
	2	########		2	########
n	3		n
	4
	5	how to install on command and control server		3	how to install on command and control server
	6	============================================		4	============================================
	72			70
	73	/etc/ansible/group_vars/all		71	/etc/ansible/group_vars/all
n			n	72	This is a special group that matches all hosts and groups
	74	This file holds variables for all hosts.		73	and holds variables for all hosts.
	75	For example, this all file causes ansible to use the root SSH user:
	76			74
n	77	.. code-block:: yml	n
	78			75
n			n	76
				77	Behavioral inventory variables and parameters
				78	================================================
				79
				80	Sometimes you always want to set specific Ansible/SSH/settings for a
				81	host, group of hosts, or all hosts.
				82
				83	For example, this all file causes ansible to use the root SSH user:
				84
				85	.. code-block:: yml
				86
	79	---		87	---
	80	ansible_ssh_user: root		88	ansible_ssh_user: root
	81			89
t	82	df	t	90	Here is a list of other behavioral inventory parameters which may be set in a ho
				>	st_vars or group_vars files:
				91	http://docs.ansible.com/intro_inventory.html#list-of-behavioral-inventory-parame
				>	ters
	83			92
	84			93

rev 15 | foxhop | 1404819355000 | JSON

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f	1	Ansible	f	1	Ansible
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n			n	3
				4
	3	how to install on command and control server		5	how to install on command and control server
	4	============================================		6	============================================
	79			81
	80	df		82	df
t			t	83
				84
	81	how to prepare remote hosts		85	how to prepare remote hosts
	82	=============================		86	=============================

rev 14 | foxhop | 1404819327000 | JSON

	rev 13			rev 14
f	1	Ansible	f	1	Ansible
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n	3		n
	4	how to install on command and control server		3	how to install on command and control server
	5	============================================		4	============================================
	70	This directory may hold one YAML file for each group. These files are used to p		69	This directory may hold one YAML file for each group. These files are used to p
	>	ass group specific variables.		>	ass group specific variables.
	71			70
n			n	71	/etc/ansible/group_vars/all
				72	This file holds variables for all hosts.
				73	For example, this all file causes ansible to use the root SSH user:
	72			74
t			t	75	.. code-block:: yml
				76
				77	---
				78	ansible_ssh_user: root
				79
				80	df
	73	how to prepare remote hosts		81	how to prepare remote hosts
	74	=============================		82	=============================

rev 13 | foxhop | 1404818912000 | JSON

	rev 12			rev 13
f	1	Ansible	f	1	Ansible
	2	########		2	########
n			n	3
	3	how to install on command and control server		4	how to install on command and control server
	4	============================================		5	============================================
	55	Ansible assumes SSH keys, but may also use passwords, which is invoked with the		56	Ansible assumes SSH keys, but may also use passwords, which is invoked with the
	>	`--ask-pass` flag. Invoke the `--ask-sudo-pass` flag if you need to supply a su		>	`--ask-pass` flag. Invoke the `--ask-sudo-pass` flag if you need to supply a su
	>	do password.		>	do password.
	56			57
t			t	58	ansible configuration files
				59	=============================
				60
				61	By default ansible looks to /etc/ansible for its configurations. In this sect
				>	ion we document some of the configuration files ansible works with.
				62
				63	/etc/ansible/hosts
				64	This file lists all ansible managed hosts and group mappings.
				65
				66	/etc/ansible/host_vars
				67	This directory may hold one YAML file for each host. These files are used to p
				>	ass host specific variables.
				68
				69	/etc/ansible/group_vars
				70	This directory may hold one YAML file for each group. These files are used to p
				>	ass group specific variables.
				71
	57			72
	58	how to prepare remote hosts		73	how to prepare remote hosts

rev 12 | foxhop | 1404818613000 | JSON

	rev 11			rev 12
	85	ansible all --ask-pass -f 20 -a "uptime"		85	ansible all --ask-pass -f 20 -a "uptime"
	86			86
t			t	87	give path to a private key
				88
				89	.. code-block:: bash
				90
				91	ansible tutorial_nodes --private-key=id_rsa -m shell -a 'free -m'
				92
	87			93
	88			94

rev 11 | foxhop | 1404817698000 | JSON

	rev 10			rev 11
f	1	Ansible	f	1	Ansible
	2	########		2	########
n	3		n
	4
	5
	6	how to install on command and control server		3	how to install on command and control server
	7	============================================		4	============================================
	24	virtualenv .env		21	virtualenv .env
	25			22
n	26	source the environment scripts and install the rest of the dependencies into the	n	23	source the environment scripts
	>	python virtualenv
	27			24
	28	.. code-block:: bash		25	.. code-block:: bash
	30	source ./hacking/env-setup		27	source ./hacking/env-setup
	31	source ./.env/bin/activate		28	source ./.env/bin/activate
t	32	pip install paramiko PyYAML jinja2 httplib2	t	29
				30	install ansible and dependencies into python virtualenv
				31
				32	.. code-block:: bash
				33
				34	python setup.py develop
	33			35
	34	create an ansible hosts file in /etc/ansible/hosts		36	create an ansible hosts file in /etc/ansible/hosts

rev 10 | foxhop | 1400060191000 | JSON

	rev 9			rev 10
	2	########		2	########
	3			3
n	4	First step install ansible on your command and control server (laptop or worksta	n
	>	tion, lol). The next section shows the process I used on Fedora.
	5			4
n	6	how to install	n	5
	7	===================		6	how to install on command and control server
				7	============================================
				8
				9	First step install Ansible on your command and control server (laptop or worksta
				>	tion, lol).
				10	This section shows the process I used on Fedora.
	8			11
	9	install system dependancy		12	install system dependancy
	51			54
	52			55
t			t	56	how to prepare remote hosts
				57	=============================
				58
				59	Ansible requires that remote hosts have an SSH service running, and that your pu
				>	blic `SSH key` is setup.
				60	Ansible also requires that all remote hosts have Python 2.4.x and the python JSO
				>	N library (python-simplejson). Python 2.6.x and above ship with JSON library in
				>	the stdlib, so nothing needs to be done if you are using a newer operating syst
				>	em.
				61
	53			62
	54			63

rev 9 | foxhop | 1399468506000 | JSON

	rev 8			rev 9
	68	ansible all --ask-pass -m setup		68	ansible all --ask-pass -m setup
	69			69
t			t	70	change the amount of parallel forks, (default is 5)
				71
				72	.. code-block:: bash
				73
				74	ansible all --ask-pass -f 20 -a "uptime"
				75
				76
				77
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rev 8 | foxhop | 1399375134000 | JSON

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	34			34
	35	sudo mkdir /etc/ansible		35	sudo mkdir /etc/ansible
t	36	sudo echo "127.0.0.1" > /etc/ansible/hosts	t	36	sudo vim /etc/ansible/hosts
				37
				38	put your targets into /etc/ansible/hosts for example
				39
				40	.. code-block:: bash
				41
				42	127.0.0.1
	37			43
	38	and test!		44	and test!

rev 7 | foxhop | 1399374999000 | JSON

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	26			26
	27	source ./hacking/env-setup		27	source ./hacking/env-setup
n	28	source ./env/bin/activate	n	28	source ./.env/bin/activate
	29	pip install paramiko PyYAML jinja2 httplib2		29	pip install paramiko PyYAML jinja2 httplib2
	30			30
	45			45
	46			46
t			t	47
				48
	47	quick notes		49	quick notes
	48	============		50	============

rev 6 | foxhop | 1399239700000 | JSON

	rev 5			rev 6
	43			43
	44	Ansible assumes SSH keys, but may also use passwords, which is invoked with the		44	Ansible assumes SSH keys, but may also use passwords, which is invoked with the
	>	`--ask-pass` flag. Invoke the `--ask-sudo-pass` flag if you need to supply a su		>	`--ask-pass` flag. Invoke the `--ask-sudo-pass` flag if you need to supply a su
	>	do password.		>	do password.
t			t	45
				46
				47	quick notes
				48	============
				49
				50	run arbitary commands
				51
				52	.. code-block:: bash
				53
				54	ansible all --ask-pass -a "uptime"
				55
				56	get all facts
				57
				58	.. code-block:: bash
				59
				60	ansible all --ask-pass -m setup
				61
				62

rev 5 | foxhop | 1399225955000 | JSON

	rev 4			rev 5
	42	ansible all -m ping --ask-pass		42	ansible all -m ping --ask-pass
	43			43
t			t	44	Ansible assumes SSH keys, but may also use passwords, which is invoked with the
				>	`--ask-pass` flag. Invoke the `--ask-sudo-pass` flag if you need to supply a su
				>	do password.

rev 4 | foxhop | 1399225378000 | JSON

	rev 3			rev 4
	2	########		2	########
	3			3
t	4	First step install ansible on your command and control server. The next section	t	4	First step install ansible on your command and control server (laptop or worksta
	>	shows the process I used on Fedora.		>	tion, lol). The next section shows the process I used on Fedora.
	5			5
	6	how to install		6	how to install

rev 3 | foxhop | 1399225339000 | JSON

+ pip install paramiko PyYAML jinja2 httplib2
+create an ansible hosts file in /etc/ansible/hosts
+.. code-block:: bash
+ sudo mkdir /etc/ansible
+ sudo echo "127.0.0.1" > /etc/ansible/hosts
+and test!
+.. code-block:: bash
+ ansible all -m ping --ask-pass

rev 2 | foxhop | 1399225129000 | JSON

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	7	===================		7	===================
	8			8
n	9	::	n	9	install system dependancy
				10
				11	.. code-block:: bash
				12
	10	sudo yum -y install sshpass		13	sudo yum -y install sshpass
	11			14
n	12	::	n	15	clone the git repo and create python virtualenv
				16
				17	.. code-block:: bash
				18
	13	git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git		19	git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
	14	cd ansible		20	cd ansible
	15	virtualenv .env		21	virtualenv .env
	16			22
t	17	::	t	23	source the environment scripts and install the rest of the dependencies into the
				>	python virtualenv
				24
				25	.. code-block:: bash
				26
	18	source ./hacking/env-setup		27	source ./hacking/env-setup
	19	source ./env/bin/activate		28	source ./env/bin/activate

rev 1 | foxhop | 1399224887000 | JSON

+Ansible
+########
+First step install ansible on your command and control server.  The next section
+ shows the  process I used on Fedora.
+how to install
+===================
+::
+ sudo yum -y install sshpass
+::
+ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
+ cd ansible
+ virtualenv .env
+::
+ source ./hacking/env-setup
+ source ./env/bin/activate
+ pip install paramiko PyYAML jinja2 httplib2