mpenning/ansible_example

Overview

These examples were built using ansible version 2.9.2.

Managing Cisco IOS in a playbook

• To run cisco-playbook.yaml with the ios_command module and ask for passwords before connecting:

# iterate over hosts in inventory.ini and save 'show runn' as a file for each
ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini -k -K cisco-playbook.yaml

Managing Linux in a playbook

• To run linux-playbook.yaml and ask for passwords before connecting:
  • This linux-playbook runs a command using the command module
  • This linux-playbook runs another command using the shell module

# This goes through localhost and saves 'sudo ls -la' as a file
ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini -k -K linux-playbook.yaml

Using ansible directly from the command-line (without a playbook)

• To run a ping from a switch with the raw module
  • -k -K asks for passwords before connecting
  • -v outputs command ouput to the screen
  • -m specifies the module to be used
  • The raw module is not the only way to run ansible commands without a playbook

ansible sw3 -v -i inventory.ini -k -K -m raw -a "ping 4.2.2.2"