EX447 RedHat Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation: Ansible Best Practices Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)
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Create a file in/home/sandy/ansible/calledreport.yml.Using this playbook, get a filecalledreport.txt(make it look exactly as below). Copy this file over to all remote hosts at/root/report.txt.Then edit the lines in the file to provide the real informationofthehosts. Ifa disk does not exist then write NONE.
Install and configure ansible
User sandy has been created on your control node with the appropriate permissions already, do not change or modify ssh keys. Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node. Configure ansible.cfg to be in folder /home/sandy/ansible/ansible.cfg and configure to access remote machines via the sandy user. All roles should be in the path /home/sandy/ansible/roles. The inventory path should be in /home/sandy/ansible/invenlory.
You will have access to 5 nodes.
node1.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node I is a member of group dev. nodc2 is a member of group test, node3 is a member of group proxy, nodc4 and node 5 are members of group prod. Also, prod is a member of group webservers.
Create a file calledpackages.yml in/home/sandy/ansibleto install some packages for the following hosts. On dev, prod and webservers install packages httpd, mod_ssl, and mariadb. On dev only install the development tools package. Also, on dev host update all the packages tothe latest.
Create a role called sample-apache and store it in /home/bob/ansible/roles. The role should
satisfy the following requirements:
*In the role, install and enable httpd. Also enable the firewall to allow http. Also run the template
*index.html.j2 and make sure this runs Create a template index.html.j2that displays "Welcome to the server HOSTNAME"
In a play called apache.yml in /home/bob/ansible/ run the sample-apache role.
Create a playbook calledtimesvnc.yml in /home/sandy/ansible using rhel system role timesync. Set the time to use currently configured nip with the server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org. Enable burst. Do this on all hosts.
Install and configure ansible
Userbobhas been created on your control node. Give him the appropriate permissions on the control node.Install the necessary packages to run ansible on the control node.
Create a configuration file /home/bob/ansible/ansible.cfg to meet the following requirements:
• The roles path should include /home/bob/ansible/roles, as well as any other path that maybe required for the course of the sample exam.
• The inventory file path is /home/bob/ansible/inventory.
• Ansible should be able to manage 10 hosts at a single time.
• Ansible should connect to all managed nodes using the bob user.
Create an inventory file for the following five nodes:
nodel.example.com
node2.example.com
node3.example.com
node4.example.com
node5.example.com
Configure these nodes to be in an inventory file where node1 is a member of groupdev.nodc2 is a member of group test, nodc3 is a member of groupproxy,nodc4 and node 5 are members of groupprod.Also,prodis a member of group webservers.
Using the Simulation Program, perform the following tasks:
Static Inventories Task:
1. Add a new group to your default ansible host file. call the group [ec2]
2. Add a newhost to the new group you created.
3. Add a variable to a new host entry in the /etc/ansible/hosts file. Add the following. localhost http_port=80 maxRequestsPerChild=808
4. Check to see if maxRequestsPerChild is pulled out with an ad-hoccommand.
5. Create a local host file and put a target group and then a host into it. Then ping it with an ad-hoc command.
