Create a password hash with python passlib A quick and easy way to create a password hash is with python passlib. Install passlib with pip like this: sudo pip install passlib Then, run the command below. Of course, you will replace the text “myplaintextpassword” with YOUR OWN plain text password, right? python -c “from passlib.hash… Read more How To Create a Password Hash with Python passlib
Ansible Configuration File As a default, Ansible expects to find files in a certain place. Some of these files may not suit your needs. To configure ansible to better suit your needs, use the ansible configuration file. There are at least 2 ways to do this. You can create a global configuration file by creating… Read more How to (where to) Create an Ansible Configure File
Install Ansible on Mac OS X: sudo easy_install pip sudo pip install ansible Install Ansible on CentOS/Fedora: sudo yum install ansible The EPEL-Release repository may need to be added on certain versions of CentOS, RHEL, and Scientific Linux. Install Ansible on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install… Read more Ansible: How To Install Ansible (Mac OS X, CentOS/Fedora, Ubuntu)
Be sure ansible is installed on your local system. In this example I will use an AWS ec2 instance (REHL5) The ansible command line command is: ansible all -i <IP or host>, -m ping –private-key=”~/AWS_pems/my-pem.pem” -u <user name for host machine> (note the comma)
Setting Up an Ansible Project Once Ansible is installed, the next step is to tell Ansible which hosts to talk to. This is accomplished by creating an Ansible hosts file. The Ansible hosts file contains groups of hosts, which we refer to when running Ansible commands. By default Ansible expects this to be located in… Read more Ansible Setup by Project