This project is designed to establish an Ansible development environment using Vagrant and Libvirt. The setup includes a host machine operating as the Ansible control node and two virtual machines (VMs) that are managed via Vagrant.
- Host Machine: The control node for Ansible, which executes playbooks and manages configuration tasks across the VMs.
- Virtual Machines: Includes an Ubuntu 20.04 VM and a CentOS 8 VM, provisioned with specified resource allocations.
- Vagrant with Libvirt: Manages VM provisioning and lifecycle, with configurations defined in the
Vagrantfileand VM management handled by Libvirt.
The VMs are configured to enable Ansible to manage them through SSH. A dynamic inventory script, vagrant_inventory.py, generates the inventory file for Ansible.
- Development and Testing: Provides a controlled environment for developing and testing Ansible playbooks and configurations.
- Learning and Experimentation: Offers a practical environment for experimenting with Ansible without impacting your primary system.
- Configuration Management: Demonstrates the use of Ansible in conjunction with Vagrant-managed VMs for automated setup and node management.
- Ansible Basics: Introduction to Ansible, its architecture, workflow, and installation.
- Ad-Hoc Commands: Practical examples of using Ansible ad-hoc commands, categorized into system management, file operations, package management, service management, user management, resource management, log management, network management, application deployment, and scheduled tasks.
This project is actively in progress. The current structure includes foundational topics and practical examples, but ongoing updates will introduce additional sections and more comprehensive instructions as the project evolves.
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Host Machine Details:
- Operating System: Ubuntu
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Software Versions:
- libvirt:
libvirtd (libvirt) 10.0.0 - Vagrant:
Vagrant 2.4.1 - Vagrant Plugin:
vagrant-libvirt (0.12.2, global) - Python:
Python 3.12.3
- libvirt: