#Lab: Configuration Management with Ansible
Configure servers using Ansible.
#🎯 Objectives
- Create inventory
- Write playbook
- Apply configuration
#Task 1: Setup Inventory
ini
1# inventory.ini
2[webservers]
3web1 ansible_host=192.168.1.10
4web2 ansible_host=192.168.1.11
5
6[all:vars]
7ansible_user=ubuntu
8ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3#Task 2: Create Playbook
yaml
1# webserver.yml
2- name: Configure web servers
3 hosts: webservers
4 become: yes
5
6 tasks:
7 - name: Update apt cache
8 apt:
9 update_cache: yes
10 cache_valid_time: 3600
11
12 - name: Install nginx
13 apt:
14 name: nginx
15 state: present
16
17 - name: Start nginx
18 service:
19 name: nginx
20 state: started
21 enabled: yes#Task 3: Run Playbook
bash
1# Dry run
2ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini webserver.yml --check
3
4# Apply
5ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini webserver.yml#✅ Success Criteria
- Inventory configured
- Playbook syntax valid
- Nginx installed and running