Lab Recap Day 1

• Create a new Ansible project with:

  • a new ansible.cfg config
  • a new hosts inventory file

• Configure ansible to always run as root

• Add all your hosts to your inventory

• Create a new ntp role with:

  • install the package ntp, tag the task with installation
  • configure /etc/ntp.conf with the copy module, tag the task with configuration
  • start and enable the ntp service, tag the task with service
  • restart the service after a config or package change (handler)
  • tag all your tasks in your role with ntp

• Create a playbook to run the ntp role on your web1 server

• Run and Test the playbook, also try the --check and --tags option