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control.realmX.example.com _ workstation.lab.example.com

node1.realmX.example.com _ servera.lab.example.com

node2.realmX.example.com _ serverb.lab.example.com

node3.realmX.example.com _ serverc.lab.example.com

node4.realmX.example.com _ serverd.lab.example.com

node5.realmX.example.com

- username:root, password:redhat

- username:admin, password:redhat

note1. don’t change ‘root’ or ‘admin’ password.

note2. no need to create ssh-keygen for access, its pre-defined

note3. SELinux is in enforcing mode and firewalld is disabled/stop on whole managed hosts.

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Install and configure Ansible on the control-node control.realmX.example.com as

follows:

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--> Install the required packages

--> Create a static inventory file called /home/admin/ansible/inventory as follows:

node1.realmX.example.com is a member of the dev host group

node2.realmX.example.com is a member of the test host group

node3.realmX.example.com & node4.realmX.example.com are members of the prod

host group

node5.realmX.example.com is a member of the balancers host group.

prod group is a member of the webservers host group

--> Create a configuration file called ansible.cfg as follows:

--> The host inventory file /home/admin/ansible/inventory is defined

--> The location of roles used in playbooks is defined as /home/admin/ansible/ roles