Copy Files and Append Text to Remote Host - RHCE.pdf

Slides on how to copy files and append text to remote host using ansible - Part of RHCE syllabus

1. Copy Files and Append Text to
Remote Hosts

2. ●To copy the files from control node to remote hosts

●Attributes
○src: Source file to be copied
○dest: Destination directory on the remote clients
○owner: Sets the file owner to root
○group: Sets the file group to root
○mode: Sets the file permissions

●Link: copy module — Ansible Documentation




Copy Module

3. ●Verify that remote host is reachable using ping module
Command: ansible all -m ping

4. Copy files to Remote Hosts

5. ●Execute the playbook on control node
Command: ansible-playbook <file-name> . yml

6. ●Verify if the text file is copied to the directory of the remote host
Command: ls /tmp | grep sample.txt

7. ●Module to insert, update, or remove a block of text in a file in Ansible

●Attributes
○path: specifies the path where the file should be created
○state: create a file
○block: text which is added to the file

●Link: blockinfile — Ansible Documentation
Blockinfile Module

8. Append text to the text file

9. ●Execute the playbook on control node
Command: ansible-playbook <file-name> . yml

10. ●Verify if the text is appended to the file on remote host
Command: ansible-playbook <file-name> . yml

Appended text