Configuration Management

See also: Administrative, LFH, Shell

Ansible

ansible

Package: ansible

Usage

Explanation

all

connect to all nodes

-m <MODULE> -a ‘<ARG1>=<VALUE1>’

run an Ansible module and then provide it arguments

-m ping

run the ping module to see if Ansible can connect to the inventory

-m shell -a ‘<SHELL_COMMAND>’

use the shell module to execute shell commands remotely with use all of the given arguments

-m setup

show all facts for one host

–ssh-extra-args=’’

specify additional SSH options

-u <USER>

connect as a specific user

–sudo

run Ansible tasks via sudo as that user

-e

specify extras variables in YAML or JSON format

-f

the number of forked processes to use to run tasks on multiple hosts; the default is to run on 5 hosts at a time; this is similar to the ‘serial’ module

<GROUP> –list-hosts

list all hosts in a given inventory group

ansible-config

Package: ansible >= 2.4

Usage

Explanation

view

view the full configuration file

dump

view all of the configuration settings that are loaded

list

view all the available configuration settings and their descriptions

ansible-doc

Package: ansible

Usage

Explanation

-l

list all of the available modules

<MODULE>

show documentation about a specified <MODULE>

–snippet <MODULE>

provide a YAML template for available options in the module and a brief explanation of each possible option

-t lookup -l

show all Ansible lookups

-t lookup <LOOKUP>

show documentation about a specific lookup

ansible-playbook

Usage

Explanation

-i <INVENTORY_FILE>

specify an inventory (host/group) file

-vvv

verbose debug logging

–list-tags

list the tags in the Playbook

–list-hosts

list all of the hosts that the Playbook will run on

–tags

run only tasks with a certain tag keyword

–skip-tags

skip tasks that contain a certain tag

–step

run a Playbook task-by-task, asking the user if they want to continue

–start-at-task

start at a specific subtask

–limit <HOST_OR_GROUP>

limit the Playbook to only run on specific hosts

–limit @<FILE>

limit the Playbook to only run on specific hosts listed in a file

-e, –extra-vars

define new or overriding variables

-e @<FILE>

use variables from a specified file

–diff

show file and template changes if they replace an existing file

–check

run a test of the Playbook without making any changes to the remote system

–syntax-check

verify the syntax of the Playbook

Example

Explanation

-e ‘{“enable_nginx”: true}’

pass a boolean variable, this can only be done using JSON

ansible-tower-service

Package: ansible-tower

Manage all of the Ansible Tower services on a single node.

Usage

Explanation

status

show the status for all of the Ansible Tower services

start

stop

restart

ansible-vault

Package: ansible

Use Ansible to manage file encryption for playbooks.

Usage

Explanation

create

create a new encrypted file

encrypt_string

encrypt a string instead of a file

view

open an encrypted file as read-only

edit

open an encrypted file to write

–ask-vault-pass

display a prompt to get the password from stdin

–vault-password-file <FILE>

specify the file containing the password

awx-manage

Package: ansible-tower

The awx-manage command was formerly known as tower-manage. It is used to show and modify internal information about Ansible Tower.

Usage

Explanation

<ARGUMENT> –help

show the help information for any of tower-manage argument

changepassword <USER>

change the password for a user

createsuperuser

create a new administrator user

inventory_import –source=<FILE> –inventory-name=<EXISTING_INVENTORY>

import a inventory file to an existing Tower inventory

list_instances

show all Ansible Tower hosts

dbshell

connect to the PostgreSQL server and open a interactive shell

molecule

Package: python3-molecule

A testing framework for Ansible that uses virtual test environments.

Usage

Explanation

init role -r

create a new role with support for Molecule

test

create the test environments, run tests, and then destroy the environment

test -s <SCENARIO>

run a full test on a specific scenario

test –parallel

run tests in parallel

test –destroy never

run tests but do not destroy the environment when done

test –all

run a full test on all of the scenarios in the molecule/ directory

test -d <DRIVER>

run tests with a different driver

create

create the environment

destroy

delete the environment

converge

create the environment and run all of the tests

login

log into the environment

setup.sh

Package: ansible-tower-setup-latest.tar.gz

The “setup.sh” script is part of the Ansible Tower setup tarball that is used for installation.

Usage

Explanation

-b

run the Playbook to backup Tower as a tarball in the current directory

-r

restore a backup of Tower

tower-cli

Package: python2-ansible-tower-cli

A CLI for interfacing with the Ansible Tower API.

Usage

Explanation

config {host|username|password}

define the login credentials for accessing Tower

config

view the configuration file that is being used

–help

show the available commands

<ARG> –help

show the help output for a specific argument

–monitor

show Job output

job_template callback

provision a Template to the local server

Puppet

All of the Puppet binaries, including Ruby related ones, are installed into /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/.

facter

Package: puppet-agent

Usage

Explanation

display the system facts

<FACT>

display a specific fact and it’s nested values

-p

display the system and puppet facts

-j

output to JSON

-y

output to YAML

parser validate

validate a manifest file

Example

Explanation

disks -y

show all of the facts about disks and output them into YAML

puppet

Package: puppet-agent

Usage

Explanation

apply –noop –show_diff <MANIFEST>.pp

run in a dry-run and show the differences of what would have been changed

–version

show the Puppet version

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