Flow of Security Compliance Using Ansible
Step 1 — Preparing Ansible control node On your Ansible control node server, add your Ansible host remote server’s IP to your Ansible inventory file. Using your preferred text editor: sudo nano /etc/ansible/hosts Copy This will open your Ansible inventory file. Add your Ansible host remote server’s IP to the [servers] block: /etc/ansible/hosts [servers] server1 ansible_host= your_remote_server_ip . . . Now you’ll test and authenticate your SSH connection between this Ansible control node and your Ansible host remote server: ssh root@ your_remote_server_ip Copy Accept the authentication request, and enter your password if prompted. Once you’ve verified the SSH connection, hit CTRL+D to close the connection and return to your control node. Step 2 — Preparing Playbook The playbook.yml file is where all your tasks are defined. A task is the smallest unit of action you can automate using an Ansible playbook. But first, create your playbook file using your preferred text edi