Ansible File Module

Question :  a. Create an inventory file ~/playbook/inventory on jump host and add all app servers in it.

b. Create a playbook ~/playbook/playbook.yml to create a blank file /home/web.txt on all app servers.

c. The /home/web.txt file permission must be 0755.

d. The user/group owner of file /home/web.txt must be tony on app server 1, steve on app server 2 and banner on app server 3.

Please Note :-  Perform the below commands based on your question  server,  user name & other details might differ . So please read task carefully before executing. All the Best 👍

Solution:  

1. Go through the folder mentioned in task and verified the playbook 

    ls -l /home/thor/playbook/

2.  Create a inventory file and add the app server's as per task.

stapp01 ansible_host=172.16.238.10 ansible_ssh_pass=Ir0nM@n  ansible_user=tony

stapp02 ansible_host=172.16.238.11 ansible_ssh_pass=Am3ric@ ansible_user=steve

      stapp03 ansible_host=172.16.238.12 ansible_ssh_pass=BigGr33n     ansible_user=banner

3.  Create a playbook as per the task  ( refer Video below for clarity )

- name: Create file in appservers

  hosts: stapp01, stapp02, stapp03

  become: yes

  tasks:

    - name: Create the file and set properties

      file:

        path: /home/web.txt

        owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"

        group: "{{ ansible_user }}"

        mode: "0755"

        state: touch

4.Post file saved , run below command to execute the playbook

        ansible-playbook  -i inventory playbook.yml

6. validate the task by running the below command

      ansible all -a "ls -lsd /home/web.txt" -i inventory

7. Click on Finish & Confirm to complete the task successful

Happy Learning!!!!

Apart from this if you need more clarity,  I have made a  tutorial video on this , please go through and share your comments. Like and share the knowledge