QUESTION 13
Using the Simulation Program,perform the following tasks:
1. Use an ansible ad-hoc command, check the connectivity of your servers.
2. Use an ad-hoc ansible command, find the free space of your servers.
3. Use an ad-hoc ansible command, find out the memory usage of your servers.
4. Do an ls -l on the targets /var/log/messages file.
5. Tail the contents of the targets /var/log/messages file.

QUESTION 14
Create an empty encrypted file called and set the passwordtonotsafepw.
Rekey the passwordtoiwejfj2221.

QUESTION 15
Using the Simulation Program, perform the following tasks:
Static Inventories Task:
1. Add a new group to your default ansible host file. call the group [ec2]
2. Add a newhost to the new group you created.
3. Add a variable to a new host entry in the /etc/ansible/hosts file. Add the following. localhost http_port=80 maxRequestsPerChild=808
4. Check to see if maxRequestsPerChild is pulled out with an ad-hoccommand.
5. Create a local host file and put a target group and then a host into it. Then ping it with an ad-hoc command.

QUESTION 16
Create a file called specs.empty in home/bob/ansible on the local machine as follows:
HOST=
MEMORY=
BIOS=
VDA_DISK_SIZE=
VDB_DISK_SIZE=
Create the playbook /home/bob/ansible/specs.yml which copies specs.empty to all remote nodes’ path
/root/specs.txt. Using the specs.yml playbook then edit specs.txt on the remote machines to reflect theappropriate ansible facts.

QUESTION 17
Create a role called sample-apache and store it in /home/bob/ansible/roles. The role should satisfy the following requirements:
*In the role, install and enable httpd. Also enable the firewall to allow http. Also run the template
*index.html.j2 and make sure this runs Create a template index.html.j2that displays “Welcome to the server HOSTNAME” In a play called apache.yml in /home/bob/ansible/ run the sample-apache role.

QUESTION 18
Install and configure ansible
User sandy has been created on your control node with the appropriate permissions already, do not change or modify ssh keys. Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node. Configure ansible.cfg to be in folder /home/sandy/ansible/ansible.cfg and configure to access remote machines via the sandy user. All roles should be in the path /home/sandy/ansible/roles. The inventory path should be in
/home/sandy/ansible/invenlory.
You will have access to 5 nodes.
node1.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node I is a member of group dev. nodc2 is a member of group test, node3 is a member of group proxy, nodc4 and node 5 are members of group prod. Also, prod is a member of group webservers.

QUESTION 19
Create the users in the fileusersjist.ymlfile provided. Do this in a playbook called users.yml located at
/home/sandy/ansible.The passwords for these users should be set using thelock.ymlfile from TASK7. When running the playbook, the lock.yml file should be unlocked withsecret.txtfile from TASK 7.
All users with the job of ‘developer’ should be created on thedevhosts, add them to the group devops, their password should be set using thepw_devvariable. Likewise create users with the job of ‘manager’ on theproxy host and add the users to the group ‘managers’, their password should be set using thepw_mgrvariable.

QUESTION 20
Create a file calledrequirements.ymlin/home/sandy/ansible/rolesa file calledrole.yml in
/home/sandy/ansible/.Thehaproxy-roleshould be used on the host. And when you curl
http://node3.example.comit should display “Welcome tonode4.example.com” and when you curl again
“Welcome tonode5.example.com” The

QUESTION 21
Create a playbook called issue.yml in /home/sandy/ansible which changes the file /etc/issue on all managed nodes: If host is a member of (lev then write “Development” If host is a member oftestthen write “Test” If host is a member ofprodthen write “Production”

QUESTION 22
Install and configure ansible
Userbobhas been created on your control node. Give him the appropriate permissions on the control node.Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node.
Create a configuration file /home/bob/ansible/ansible.cfg to meet the following requirements:
* The roles path should include /home/bob/ansible/roles, as well as any other path that maybe required for the course of the sample exam.
* The inventory file path is /home/bob/ansible/inventory.
* Ansible should be able to manage 10 hosts at a single time.
* Ansible should connect to all managed nodes using the bob user.
Create an inventory file for the following five nodes:
nodel.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node1 is a member of groupdev.nodc2 is a member of group test, nodc3 is a member of group nodc4 and node 5 are members of groupprod.Also,prodis a member of group webservers.