Ansible is a powerful, open-source automation tool that simplifies the management and orchestration of IT environments. Developed by Red Hat, Ansible is designed to automate tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, and intra-service orchestration. It operates by connecting to nodes in your infrastructure and pushing out small programs called “modules” to perform specific tasks, all without requiring any agent installation on the target systems.

One of Ansible’s key strengths is its simplicity and ease of use. It utilizes a straightforward, human-readable language called YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) to define tasks in playbooks. This approach allows users to write infrastructure as code (IaC) in a way that is easy to understand, share, and maintain. Playbooks can be used to manage systems, deploy applications, and coordinate complex workflows, all with minimal effort.

Ansible is also highly flexible and scalable, making it suitable for managing both small environments and large, complex infrastructures. It integrates seamlessly with a wide range of platforms and services, including cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker. Ansible’s modular architecture allows users to extend its capabilities by creating custom modules or leveraging the vast library of community-contributed modules.

Security is another critical aspect of Ansible, as it operates over SSH (Secure Shell) and uses a push-based model, meaning that no permanent agent software is required on the managed nodes. This reduces the attack surface and simplifies security management.

To subscribe to this product from Azure Marketplace and initiate an instance using the Azure compute service, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Azure Marketplace and subscribe to the desired product.
2. Search for “virtual machines” and select “Virtual machines” under Services.
3. Click on “Add” in the Virtual machines page, which will lead you to the Create a virtual machine page.
4. In the Basics tab:

• • Ensure the correct subscription is chosen under Project details.
  • Opt for creating a new resource group by selecting “Create new resource group” and name it as “myResourceGroup.”

5. Under Instance details:

• • Enter “myVM” as the Virtual machine name.
  • Choose “East US” as the Region.
  • Select “Ubuntu 18.04 LTS” as the Image.
  • Leave other settings as default.

6. For Administrator account:

• • Pick “SSH public key.”
  • Provide your user name and paste your public key, ensuring no leading or trailing white spaces.

7. Under Inbound port rules > Public inbound ports:

• • Choose “Allow selected ports.”
  • Select “SSH (22)” and “HTTP (80)” from the drop-down.

8. Keep the remaining settings at their defaults and click on “Review + create” at the bottom of the page.
9. The “Create a virtual machine” page will display the details of the VM you’re about to create. Once ready, click on “Create.”
10. The deployment process will take a few minutes. Once it’s finished, proceed to the next section.

To connect to the virtual machine:

1. Access the overview page of your VM and click on “Connect.”
2. On the “Connect to virtual machine” page:

• • Keep the default options for connecting via IP address over port 22.
  • A connection command for logging in will be displayed. Click the button to copy the command. Here’s an example of what the SSH connection command looks like:
    “`
    ssh [email protected]
    “`

3. Using the same bash shell that you used to generate your SSH key pair, you can either reopen the Cloud Shell by selecting >_ again

or going to https://shell.azure.com/bash.
4. Paste the SSH connection command into the shell to initiate an SSH session.

Usage/Deployment Instructions

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Note: Search product on Azure marketplace and click on “Get it now”

Click on Continue

Click on Create

Creating a Virtual Machine, enter or select appropriate values for zone, machine type, resource group and so on as per your choice.

After Process of Create Virtual Machine. You have got an Option Go to Resource Group 

Click Go to Resource Group

Copy the Public IP Address

SSH into terminal and run these commands:

$ sudo su
$ sudo apt update

To confirm that Ansible is working on your Ubuntu system, you can follow these steps:

$ ansible –version

Test Ansible Configuration:
Ensure that your Ansible configuration is correct by running:

$ ansible-config dump

Check for Connectivity: Create a simple inventory file to test connectivity. For example, create a file named hosts with the following content:

[test]
localhost ansible_connection=local

Run a Simple Command: Use the ansible command to run a simple task, such as checking the uptime on the localhost:

$ ansible test -i hosts -m command -a “uptime”

Run a Playbook: Create a simple playbook file named test.yml with the following content:
—
– hosts: test
  tasks:
  – name: Test Ansible
  command: echo “Ansible is working!”

Run the playbook with:

$ ansible-playbook -i hosts test.yml

ThankYou!!!