Understand Core Components of Ansible

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Understand Core Components of Ansible - Software Management

One of the drivers to automate is to make sure that all the required software is installed and software that isn't required isn't installed. While that seems easy enough, any task repeated over a thousand servers is going to be difficult. This lab will go through Ansible's method of software management to ease that Adminsitrator's mind. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 17, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Install httpd Using Ansible
The easiest way to install httpd would be the following command:
```
ansible -m yum -a "name=httpd state=present" localhost --become
```
We have to use --become because we're set up to connect using the ansible user which doesn't have access to install software.
Challenge

Remove tcpdump Using Ansible
The easiest way to remove tcpdump would be the following command:
```
ansible -m yum -a "name=tcpdump state=absent" localhost --become
```
We have to use --become because we're set up to connect using the ansible user which doesn't have access to install software.

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