Ansible Automation

Welcome to the Ansible Automation repository! This project contains various Ansible playbooks and roles designed to automate infrastructure management tasks. The goal is to provide a robust and reusable set of Ansible scripts to help streamline and standardize deployment and configuration processes.

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage
• Project Structure
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

Getting Started

To get started with this project, clone the repository to your local machine and follow the instructions below to set up and run the Ansible playbooks.

Prerequisites

• Ansible 2.9 or higher
• Python 3.6 or higher
• SSH access to the target machines
• Necessary permissions on the target machines to perform the tasks defined in the playbooks

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/anshulc55/ansible_automation.git
   cd ansible_automation

2. Install dependencies:

   Ensure you have Ansible installed. If not, you can install it using pip:

   pip install ansible

Usage

1. Configure inventory:

   Edit the inventory.ini file to define your target hosts and groups.

   [webservers]
   webserver1 ansible_host=192.168.1.10 ansible_user=your_username
   
   [dbservers]
   dbserver1 ansible_host=192.168.1.20 ansible_user=your_username

2. Run a playbook:

   Use the ansible-playbook command to run a specific playbook. For example, to run the site.yml playbook:

   ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml

Project Structure

The project is structured as follows:

ansible_automation/
├── ansible.cfg          # Ansible configuration file
├── inventory.ini        # Inventory file for defining target hosts
├── playbooks/           # Directory containing Ansible playbooks
│   ├── site.yml         # Main playbook to run
│   ├── webserver.yml    # Playbook for setting up web servers
│   └── dbserver.yml     # Playbook for setting up database servers
├── roles/               # Directory containing Ansible roles
│   ├── common/          # Common tasks for all servers
│   ├── webserver/       # Tasks specific to web servers
│   └── dbserver/        # Tasks specific to database servers
└── README.md            # This README file

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue. If you would like to contribute code, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch)
5. Open a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contact

For any questions or inquiries, please contact Anshul Chauhan at [email protected].

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Thank you for using Ansible Automation! Happy automating!