REQUIREMENT:

Write an ansible script ,that will
1. Copy the script collect_info.sh to all the hosts.
1. Run the shell script ( collect_info.sh ) , against the hosts mentioned in host file.
2. Script will be run as root user.
3. The output file of the script ( will be like collect*txt) need to be copied to local host.

Below is the ansible playbook script:

cat collect_info.yml

– hosts: all
  strategy: free
  user: bvunix
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  become_user: root
  tasks:
    – name: Copy script collect_audit.sh
      copy: src=collect_audit.sh dest=/home/bvunix mode=0777
    – name: Run script for audit
      command: sh /home/bvunix/collect_audit.sh
    – name: find the output file
      shell: (cd /home/bvunix; find collect*.txt)
      register: files_to_copy
    – debug:
        var: files_to_copy
    – name: Fetch the file from remote to local
      fetch: src=/home/bvunix/{{ item }} dest=/home/bvunix/ mode=0777 flat=yes
      with_items: “{{ files_to_copy.stdout_lines }}”

– Execute the playbook

Ansible-playbook collect_info.yml -f 10

-HOSTFILE :

— If password less ssh connectivity is established, then use the below simple hostfile

172.20.192.1
172.20.192.2
172.20.192.3

— If no passwordless ssh setup is there, then hardcode the credentials as below:

linux1 ansible_host=172.20.192.1 ansible_connection=ssh ansible_user=bvunix ansible_ssh_pass=classic123
linux2 ansible_host=172.20.192.3 ansible_connection=ssh ansible_user=bvunix ansible_ssh_pass=classic123
linux3 ansible_host=172.20.192.3 ansible_connection=ssh ansible_user=bvunix ansible_ssh_pass=classic123

In the later tutorial,  we will explain how to use ansible-vault to encrypt the host file.