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This document outlines an experiment on using Ansible for configuration management, detailing the installation of VirtualBox and Vagrant, and the creation of a Linux VM. It covers the basics of Ansible, including its components like Inventory, Playbooks, and Modules, and provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a web server using a Playbook. The experiment concludes with the successful deployment of a web server and verification of its functionality.

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Experiment-7 (4)

This document outlines an experiment on using Ansible for configuration management, detailing the installation of VirtualBox and Vagrant, and the creation of a Linux VM. It covers the basics of Ansible, including its components like Inventory, Playbooks, and Modules, and provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a web server using a Playbook. The experiment concludes with the successful deployment of a web server and verification of its functionality.

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Ability Enhancement Course-DevOps BCSL657D

Experiment-7
Configuration Management with Ansible: Basics of Ansible:
Inventory, Playbooks, and Modules, Automating Server
Configurations with Playbooks, Hands-On: Writing and Running a
Basic Playbook.
Objective:
To understand the basics of Ansible — Inventory, Playbooks, and Modules — and use
Playbooks to automate server configurations. This includes setting up a Linux environment
using Vagrant and VirtualBox, installed via Chocolatey.

What is Ansible?
Ansible is an open-source configuration management and automation tool. It helps system
administrators and DevOps engineers to automate:

Software installation and configuration

Server provisioning

Application deployment

System updates and patching

Key Features of Ansible:

 Agentless: No agent is needed on the target machine. It uses SSH to communicate.


 Simple syntax: Uses YAML to define tasks in Playbooks.
 Idempotent: Running the same playbook multiple times won’t cause unintended changes.
 Modular: Uses built-in modules like apt, yum, copy, service, etc.

Ansible Components:

Component Description

Inventory List of target machines to automate

Modules Reusable scripts used to perform actions

Playbook YAML file that contains tasks to be executed

Task A single unit of work to be executed on a host

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Part 1: Setting Up the Environment on Windows Using


Chocolatey
 Step 1: Install Chocolatey

Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `


[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol =
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
iex ((New-Object
System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Close and reopen PowerShell after installation.

 Step 2: Install VirtualBox and Vagrant via Chocolatey

choco install virtualbox -y

choco install vagrant -y

Part 2: Create and Configure a Linux VM using Vagrant


 Step 3: Create a Project Directory

mkdir ansible-vm

cd ansible-vm

 Step 4: Initialize a Vagrant Project

vagrant init ubuntu/bionic64

This creates a Vagrantfile.

 Step 5: Edit the Vagrantfile

Update the file to look like:

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
vb.memory = "2048"
vb.cpus = 2
end
end

 Step 6: Start the Virtual Machine

vagrant up

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 Step 7: SSH into the VM

vagrant ssh

Part 3: Install Ansible inside the Linux VM


Once inside the VM:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install ansible -y

Verify:

ansible --version

Part 4: Write and Run Your First Ansible Playbook


 Step 8: Create Inventory File

Inside the VM, create inventory.ini:

[web]

127.0.0.1 ansible_connection=local

 Step 9: Create a Playbook

Create setup_webserver.yml:
---
- name: Setup Apache Web Server
hosts: web
become: yes
tasks:
- name: Install Apache
apt:
name: apache2
state: present
update_cache: yes
- name: Enable and start Apache
service:
name: apache2
state: started
enabled: yes
- name: Deploy custom HTML page
copy:
content: "<h1>Welcome to Ansible Web Server!</h1>"
dest: /var/www/html/index.html

 Step 10: Run the Playbook


ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini setup_webserver.yml

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Part 5: Verify the Web Server


✅ Check Web Server from inside VM:

curl http://localhost

Expected output:

<h1>Welcome to Ansible Web Server!</h1>

Run the web server in browser using: http://localhost:8080 and you can see the below output.

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Conclusion:
In this experiment, you have:

Installed VirtualBox and Vagrant using Chocolatey

Created a Linux VM using Vagrant

Installed Ansible and learned its core components

Wrote and executed a basic Ansible Playbook

Deployed a simple web server automatically

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