Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Install the "linuxacademy-backup-software" Package throughout Our Environment

   1. This section of our playbook should look like:

   ---
   - name: Install backup software
     hosts: all
     become: yes
     tasks:
      - name:  yum command
        yum:
         name: linuxacademy-backup-software
         state: present
        ignore_errors: yes    
   

2. Challenge

   Install httpd on the webserver Group

   1. The next section of the playbook should look like this:

   - name: Install httpd
     hosts: webservers
     become: yes
     tasks:
      - name: httpd install
        yum:
         name: httpd
         state: present
      - name: Service management for httpd
        service:
         name: httpd
         state: started
         enabled: yes
   

3. Challenge

   Start and Enable the httpd Service on the webserver Group

   1. Continuing from the last task, the next section should look like this:

      - name: Service management for httpd
        service:
         name: httpd
         state: started
         enabled: yes
   

4. Challenge

   Create a dba User Account on the dbserver Group

   1. This portion of our playbook should look like this:

   - name: DB server management
     hosts: dbservers
     become: yes
     tasks:
      - name: Add user
        user:
         name: dba
         state: present
   

5. Challenge

   Copy /root/DBAstuff.txt to the New User's Home Directory

   1. Continuing along from the last task, this portion of our playbook should look like this:

      - name: Copy DB user data
        copy:
         src: /root/DBAstuff.txt
         dest: /home/dba/DBAstuff.txt
         owner: dba
         group: dba
         mode: 0600
   

6. Challenge

   Create index.html in /var/www/html on the Web Server

   1. This portion of our playbook should look like this:

   - name: Set up index.html on webservers
     hosts: webservers
     become: yes
     tasks:
      - name: Create and populate index.html
        lineinfile:
         path: /var/www/html/index.html
         line: Waiting for content.
         create: yes
         owner: apache
         group: apache
         mode: 0644
   

7. Challenge

   Install Git on the webserver and dbserver Groups, If It Is Not Already Installed

   1. This next portion of our playbook should look like this:

   - name: Enable devs to easily populate content
     hosts: webservers:dbservers
     become: yes
     tasks:
      - name: Install git
        yum:
         name: git
         state: present
   

8. Challenge

   Create Red Hat Server-Specific Files

   1. This last portion of our playbook should look like this:

   - name: Red Hat specific configuration
     hosts: all
     become: yes
     tasks:
      - name: Populate file with IP addresses
        lineinfile:
         path: /root/addresses
         line: "{{ ansible_facts['all_ipv4_addresses'] }}"
         create: yes
        when: ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'RedHat'
   

9. Challenge

   Running the Playbook

   1. To set our playbook in motion, run this:

   ansible-playbook state.yml