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Using Ansible Modules to Manage Archiving in Your Environment

Dealing with compressed files is one of the less glamorous things that a System Administrator is called upon to do. Fortunately, Ansible has modules to help work with archived files as well. This lab will help cement those skills. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

15m

Published

Oct 18, 2019

Challenge

Unpack the /root/file.tar.gz Tarball into /opt on DBServer1

Your playbook should look similar to:

- name: Copy data dev stuff and inflate data and dev stuff
  hosts: dbservers
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - unarchive:
     src: /root/file.tar.gz
     dest: /opt/

Challenge

Unpack the devstuff Tarball into /opt on dbserver1
This part of your playbook should look similar to:
```
- unarchive:
   src: /tmp/devstuff.tar.gz
   dest: /opt/
   remote_src: yes
```

Challenge

Compress and Copy /var/log/messages from dbserver1 to the Ansible Host

The last part of your playbook should look like this:

  - archive:
     path: /var/log/messages
     dest: /tmp/messages.tar.gz

  - fetch:
     src: /tmp/messages.tar.gz
     dest: /tmp/

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A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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