Lab 6 - Roles

Mandatory

Your first role

• Check out the copy module, you will use it in this lab.

• Connect to your srv.<firstname>.lab as ansible user

• Switch into your git repo /home/ansible/training

• create a roles directory

• Create a ntp role directory

• Create a ntp/files directory

• Copy your /etc/ntp.conf into this directory -> cp /etc/ntp.conf /home/ansible/training/roles/ntp/files/ntp.conf

• Create a ntp role with the following tasks in the tasks/main.yml.

  • installation via apt module
  • configuration via copy module (src: ntp.conf)
  • notify a handler after a config change

Playbook with a role

• Create a new playbook named ntp-role.yml
• Link web1.<firstname>.lab with the new role
• Run the playbook

Add Tags to the ntp role

• Tag the configuration task with configuration
• Tag the installation task with installation

Test the handler

• change the ntp config files/ntp.conf
• Run the playbook again -> service should be restarted

Create a python-pip role

• Create a new python-pip role
• use the package module for the installation of the package python-pip
• extend the role list with the python-pip role in the already existing ntp-role.yml playbook

Run playbook with tag

Run only the tag installation

Commit your changes

• add all files to your git repo and commit it