Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Write and Execute the Playbook to Install Software

   Your playbook should look something like this:

   ---
   # Software playbook
   #
   
   - name: Install required software
     hosts: all
   
     tasks:
      - yum: 
         name: "{{ packages }}"
         state: present
        vars:
          packages:
           - httpd 
           - git
           - tcpdump
           - php
   
      - service: 
         name: httpd
         state: started
         enabled: yes
   

   You can then run the command with ansible-playbook software.yml --become

2. Challenge

   Write and Execute the Playbook to Add and Configure the Required Users

   Your playbook should look something like this:

   ---
   # Create required users
   
   - name: Create required users
     hosts: all
     vars:
      usernames:  
       - devs
       - security
       - admins
   
   
     tasks:
      - group:
         name: web
         state: present
   
      - user:
         name: "{{ item }}"
         state: present
         groups: web
         append: yes
        with_items: "{{ usernames }}"
   

   Just like with the last playbook, we'll run it with an ansible-playbook command:

   ansible-playbook users.yml --become