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

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