What is Ansible?
Ansible is an open-source automation tool, or platform, used for IT tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, intraservice orchestration, and provisioning.
If Your OS is Ubuntu, you don't need any instances to complete these below tasks :)
#Run 1st set of commands at once
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-get install language-pack-en
sudo update-locale LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
sudo reboot
#run the below commands after setting up your system again...
#Run 2nd set of commands at once
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ansible
ansible --version
To edit the Ansible hosts file with
vim, use the following command:sudo vim /etc/ansible/hostsThis command opens the host's file in the
nanotext editor, allowing you to make changes to the file.To list the Ansible inventory with
ansible-inventory, use the following command (assuming you have a custom inventory file):ansible-inventory -i ~/local_inventory --listBut I did it on my local machine itself...!
ansible -i local_inventory -m ping localhost
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I was able to successfully use Ansible for local automation tasks on my Ubuntu machine without the need for any remote instances or servers. This hands-on experience allowed me to perform tasks and configurations on my local system directly, demonstrating the versatility of Ansible for both local and remote automation.
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