Ansible Example

Manage multiple environments using Ansible

Quickstart

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mbigras/ansible-example
   cd ansible-example
   

2. Start the srv1.site1.egfast.com Vagrant machine for site1 in the dev environment:

   vagrant up /site1/
   

   • Each environment can contain multiple sites.
   • Each site can contain multiple machines.

3. Run an Ansible adhoc command:

   ansible -i dev.ini site1 -m ping
   

   This command uses the following options and argument:

   • -i - Ansible inventory. The development, quality assurance, and production environments are organized and isolated into the separate files.
   • site1 - Pattern for the site to target.
   • -m - Ansible module to execute. This command executs the Ansible Ping module. It's not an ICMP ping. This is just to check if Ansible is working.

4. Run an Ansible playbook:

   ansible-playbook -i dev.ini -l site1 playbooks/ping.yml
   

   Gotcha: The ansible-playbook command uses the same pattern as the ansible command but uses the -l flag.

5. Destroy the srv1.site1.egfast.com Vagrant machine:

   vagrant destroy -f /site1/