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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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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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