In this section, we are going to configure our Windows 10 remote host system to connect with the Ansible Control node. We are going to install theWinRM listener-short forWindows Remote– which will allow the connection between the Windows host system and the Ansible server. But before we do...
Ansible uses WinRM to connect to the Windows operating system. Therefore, you need to enable and configure the WinRM listener on all managed Windows hosts. Ansible 2.8 and newer has an experimental option to remotely manage Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2019/2022 clients via thebuilt-in Op...
For hosts that run in a domain environment, you should use group policy to enable WinRM by following thedocumentationfrom Microsoft. Getting WinRM to work in your environment can be difficult. Refer to the Ansibleguidethat explains how to set up a Windows host if you need further assi...
As you know, you can manage Windows machines using Ansible, and this reboot task will be needed as part of your automation workflow. The good news is that, like any other Windows alternatives, there is a dedicated Ansiblewin_rebootmodule to handle this task. Here is what the setting looks ...
Log onto your Ansible controller and run the following command. This command uses the lineinfile module (-m) to connect to the web machine and pass an argument (-a) which is the command to execute. In this instance, the lineinfile module updates the localhost entry by mapping IP-address12...
All of the above combined with the idea that “using” Ansible boils down toPythonconnecting to your inventory of hosts from a single process over SSH and reporting its work toSTDOUTmeans that you can start using Ansible in place of bash scripts right now, without installing any special softwa...
Log onto your Ansible controller, open your terminal, and run theansible localhostcommand below to connect to the host locally using the service module (-m service). The following command passes an argument (-a) that checks the status of the service named (apache2) on the Ubuntu machine. ...
We’ll also show you how to get deep visibility into your environment by using Ansible to configure Datadog’s Windows Event Logs and SQL Server integrations, as well as Live Process monitoring. In this guide, we will run Ansible on Amazon EC2 instances, but you can apply a similar ...
ansible_user=sysops To view the tree structure of the inventory file, run: $ ansible-inventory --graph By default, Ansible uses SSH to connect to remote hosts. If you want to automatically accept the SSH fingerprint and not enteryeswhen initially accessing a host, you need to add the follo...
Step 1: Configure Ansible Control Node The Ansible control node is a system used to connect to and manage Ansible host servers. Proceed with the steps below to set up the control node on the main server: 1.Create an administrator-level userfor the control node. Use theadduser command: ...