copy a file from ansible source to server:
- name: copy config file
copy:
src: "filename.ext"
dest: "/file/destination/"
mode: 0600
template a file to remote server (replace variables in the file on the fly):
- name: template config
template:
src: "filename.ext.j2"
dest: "/file/destination/"
mode: 0644Download file from the internet:
- name: Download package
ansible.builtin.get_url:
url: https://url.to.the.you.need
dest: /file/destination/
mode: '0755'install local installation package
- name: Install .deb package
apt:
deb: /file/source/filename.debinstall apt packages:
- name: install package
apt:
name: "package name"run docker container:
- name: Run container
docker_container:
name: container-name
image: container-image
state: started (optional)
restart_policy: always (optional)
recreate: yes (optional)
env:
variable_name: "variable_value"
ports:
- "host_port:container_port"
volumes:
- "host_path:container_path"create group:
- name: Create group
ansible.builtin.group:
name: group name
gid: 1000 (optional)
create user:
- name: Create user
ansible.builtin.user:
name: user_name
group: user_group
comment: user (optional)
uid: 1000
(optional)create directory:
- name: Prepare directory
file:
group: group_name
owner: user_name
mode: 0700
state: directory
path: "folder_name"run command on shell:
- name: run command
ansible.builtin.command: path/to/binary (command parameter)to use a handler you need to notify it when needed:
notify: restart kibanathis will run the handler after all the tasks have been completed so if more than one task triggers the handler it will only restart the service once
restart a service:
- name: restart kibana
service: name=kibana state=restartedreload systemd files:
- name: Reload systemd files
ansible.builtin.systemd:
daemon_reload: yes
change line in file:
this example replaces the line that starts with "ExecStart=" in /etc/kibana/kibana.yml
- name: remove logging directive from startup parameters
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: /etc/kibana/kibana.yml
regexp: '^ExecStart='
line: ExecStart=/usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana --pid.file="/run/kibana/kibana.pid"