Day 86: Ansible Ping Module Usage
🏓 Day 86: Ansible Ping Module Usage | 100 Days of DevOps
Welcome to Day 86 of the 100 Days of DevOps series! In this lab, you'll verify Ansible connectivity between the control node and a managed node by configuring password-less SSH access and testing communication using the Ansible Ping module.
📌 Lab Objective:
Validate Ansible connectivity from the jump host to App Server 2 using the existing inventory file and the Ansible Ping module.
🛠️ Task Requirements:
Environment Details
Ansible Controller: Jump Host
Ansible User: thor
Inventory File:
/home/thor/ansible/inventory
Connectivity Validation
Ensure password-less SSH authentication is working
Verify App Server 2 is reachable through Ansible
Execute Ansible Ping using the existing inventory configuration
💻 What You'll Configure & Verify:
🔹 Review Ansible inventory configuration
🔹 Verify SSH connectivity between controller and managed node
🔹 Configure password-less authentication if required
🔹 Test communication with App Server 2
🔹 Execute Ansible Ping module
🔹 Validate inventory host configuration
🔹 Confirm successful Ansible connectivity
🔹 Prepare infrastructure for future playbook execution
📚 What You'll Learn:
Ansible inventory fundamentals
Password-less SSH authentication
Ansible Ping module usage
Managed node connectivity testing
Troubleshooting Ansible communication issues
Infrastructure readiness validation
Automation prerequisites
DevOps configuration management workflows
🌟 Why This Lab Matters:
Before running automation tasks at scale, DevOps engineers must ensure reliable connectivity between the Ansible controller and managed hosts. The Ansible Ping module is one of the most important troubleshooting and validation tools used before executing production playbooks.
🎯 Series: 100 Days of DevOps
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