Create a role called sample-apache and store it in /home/bob/ansible/roles. The role should
satisfy the following requirements:
*In the role, install and enable httpd. Also enable the firewall to allow http. Also run the template
*index.html.j2 and make sure this runs Create a template index.html.j2that displays "Welcome to the server HOSTNAME"
In a play called apache.yml in /home/bob/ansible/ run the sample-apache role.
Install and configure ansible
Userbobhas been created on your control node. Give him the appropriate permissions on the control node.Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node.
Create a configuration file /home/bob/ansible/ansible.cfg to meet the following requirements:
• The roles path should include /home/bob/ansible/roles, as well as any other path that maybe required for the course of the sample exam.
• The inventory file path is /home/bob/ansible/inventory.
• Ansible should be able to manage 10 hosts at a single time.
• Ansible should connect to all managed nodes using the bob user.
Create an inventory file for the following five nodes:
nodel.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node1 is a member of groupdev.nodc2 is a member of group test, nodc3 is a member of groupproxy,nodc4 and node 5 are members of groupprod.Also,prodis a member of group webservers.
Create the users in the fileusersjist.ymlfile provided. Do this in a playbook called users.yml located at/home/sandy/ansible.The passwords for these users should be set using thelock.ymlfile from TASK7. When running the playbook, the lock.yml file should be unlocked withsecret.txtfile from TASK 7.
All users with the job of 'developer' should be created on thedevhosts, add them to the group devops, their password should be set using thepw_devvariable. Likewise create users with the job of 'manager' on theproxyhost and add the users to the group 'managers', their password should be set using thepw_mgrvariable.
Create a role called sample-apache in/home/sandy/ansible/rolesthat enables and starts httpd, enables and starts the firewall and allows the webserver service. Create a template calledindex.html.j2which creates and serves a message from/var/www/html/index.htmlWhenever the content of the file changes, restart the webserver service.
Welcome to [FQDN] on [IP]
Replace the FQDN with the fully qualified domain name and IP with the ip address of the node using ansible facts. Lastly, create a playbook in/home/sandy/ansible/calledapache.ymland use the role to serve the index file on webserver hosts.
Install and configure ansible
User sandy has been created on your control node with the appropriate permissions already, do not change or modify ssh keys. Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node. Configure ansible.cfg to be in folder /home/sandy/ansible/ansible.cfg and configure to access remote machines via the sandy user. All roles should be in the path /home/sandy/ansible/roles. The inventory path should be in /home/sandy/ansible/invenlory.
You will have access to 5 nodes.
node1.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node I is a member of group dev. nodc2 is a member of group test, node3 is a member of group proxy, nodc4 and node 5 are members of group prod. Also, prod is a member of group webservers.
Create a playbook calledwebdev.ymlin'home/sandy/ansible. The playbook will create a directory Avcbdev on dev host. The permission of the directory are 2755 and owner is webdev. Create a symbolic link from/Webdevto /var/www/html/webdev. Serve a file from Avebdev7index.html which displays the text "Development" Curlhttp://nod e1.example.com/webdev/index.htmlto test
Create a file calledrequirements.ymlin/home/sandy/ansible/rolesa file calledrole.yml in /home/sandy/ansible/.Thehaproxy-roleshould be used on theproxyhost. And when you curlhttp://node3.example.com it should display "Welcome tonode4.example.com" and when you curl again "Welcome tonode5.example.com" Thephp-roleshould be used on theprodhost.
TESTED 11 Oct 2025
