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| ====== Ansible tips and tricks ====== | ====== Ansible tips and tricks ====== | ||
| - | ===== Replace inplace ===== | + | ===== Replacement in a file ===== |
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| + | ==== Replace inplace ==== | ||
| Replace inplace sshd_config param (at same position) | Replace inplace sshd_config param (at same position) | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | ===== Copy / backup file ===== | + | ==== Insert after / before ==== |
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| - | <code> | + | |
| - | - name: Ansible Copy using Conditional Statements | + | |
| - | hosts: test_group | + | |
| - | tasks: | + | |
| - | #The env variables can be passed in: | + | |
| - | #ex: ansible-playbook ~/playbook.yml -e "env=prod" | + | |
| - | - name: Copy Apache config for production | + | |
| - | copy: | + | |
| - | src: prod_httpd.conf | + | |
| - | dest: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | + | |
| - | when: env == 'prod' | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <code> | + | |
| - | - name: Backup file if it exists | + | |
| - | hosts: localhost | + | |
| - | tasks: | + | |
| - | - name: Check if the file exists | + | |
| - | stat: | + | |
| - | path: /path/to/your/file | + | |
| - | register: file_stat | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | - name: Create a backup if the file exists | + | |
| - | copy: | + | |
| - | src: /path/to/your/file | + | |
| - | dest: "/path/to/backup/file_{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}.bak" | + | |
| - | remote_src: yes | + | |
| - | when: file_stat.stat.exists | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | === Insert after / before === | + | |
| Use **insertafter** or **insertbefore** | Use **insertafter** or **insertbefore** | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | === Comment the all lines of a file === | + | ==== Comment the all lines of a file ==== |
| <code> | <code> | ||
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| replace: '#' | replace: '#' | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | ===== Copy / backup file ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | - name: Ansible Copy using Conditional Statements | ||
| + | hosts: test_group | ||
| + | tasks: | ||
| + | #The env variables can be passed in: | ||
| + | #ex: ansible-playbook ~/playbook.yml -e "env=prod" | ||
| + | - name: Copy Apache config for production | ||
| + | copy: | ||
| + | src: prod_httpd.conf | ||
| + | dest: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | ||
| + | when: env == 'prod' | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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