3 - Ansible common modules Part 1

2023-12-10 09:36:39

Overview
At this post we will reveal below ansible modules and get them on practice with examples

command copy file

user group service

script setup ping
Ansible module - command
Example: Run command to get ip address from remote server
Execute below command from shell-master node, ansible will post the command to specified inventory node for execution:
```
ansible webservers -m command -a "ip addr"
```
Ansible module - copy
```
[root@shell-master ~]# ansible-doc -s copy
- name: Copy files to remote locations
```
Example: Copy local file to remote target server
First we create 1 simple file on shell-master

Then using Ansible copy module copy it to remote server
```
[root@shell-master ~]# ansible webservers -m copy -a "src=copy-to-remote.txt dest=/tmp/ mode=755 owner=wayne"
```
Once the command finished, login back to shell-node1 check if the file been copied to required location as required:
Ansible module - file
```
[root@shell-master ~]# ansible-doc -s file
- name: Manage files and file properties
```
Example: Let's update the file attribute we just copied to remote server from step 3
Run below command, to change the file's owner from wayne to root, change the access mode from 755 to 777
```
[root@shell-master ~]# ansible webservers -m file -a "path=/tmp/copy-to-remote.txt owner=root mode=777"
```
After the command done for running, go back to shell-node1, verify if the file properties been updated:

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