Day 59 Ansible Project

Day 59 of #90daysofdevops

Hey Techies! Welcome to this blog

In this blog, we are going to start with Ansible Project.

Prerequisites

1. Ansible master and two Ubuntu hosts set up on EC2 instances.

2. Process to set up ansible is explained in this Blog

3. All the code used in this tutorial is available in this Repository

Ansible Playbook Overview

---
- name: Install Nginx and deploy a custom webpage
  hosts: your_ubuntu_servers  # Replace with your target server(s) or inventory group
  become: true  # Run tasks with elevated privileges

  tasks:
    - name: Update package cache
      apt:
        update_cache: yes

    - name: Install Nginx
      package:
        name: nginx
        state: present

    - name: Start Nginx service
      service:
        name: nginx
        state: started
        enabled: yes

    - name: Copy custom webpage files
      copy:
        src: /path/to/your_webpage_files/
        dest: /var/www/html/

Explanation

1. Update package cache:

   • Ansible task using the apt module to update the package cache on the target servers.

2. Install Nginx:

   • Ansible task utilizing the package module to install Nginx on the target servers.

3. Start Nginx service:

   • Ansible task with the service module to start the Nginx service on the target servers and enable it to start on boot.

4. Copy custom webpage files:

   • Ansible task using the copy module to copy the custom webpage files from your specified source directory to the destination directory on the target servers.

Running the Playbook: Execute the following command to run the playbook:

ansible-playbook -i /etc/ansible/hosts ansible_deploy.yaml

Verification

After the playbook execution is complete, visit the public IP of any host server in your web browser to verify if the webpage has been successfully deployed.

Conclusion

Automating the deployment of web services with Ansible simplifies the management and ensures consistency across multiple servers. This tutorial provides a clear and concise guide to deploying Nginx and a custom webpage using Ansible playbooks.

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