VagrantAnsibleLab

A set of Vagrant and Ansible configuration files to spin up VMs using Vagrant / VirtualBox suitable for learning or developing using Ansible. The most current versions of ansible-core and ansible-navigator available at the time the VMs are provisioned are installed.

Uses:

1. Continue lab work from RedHat training courses RH294 or DO457
2. Practice for RedHat Exams relating to Ansible such as EX294 / EX457
3. World Domination

Requirements:

1. Virtualbox
2. Vagrant
3. Ram - 8GB Minimum with stock # of VMs configured
4. Disk - 8GB Minumum with stock # of VMs configured

How to install Vagrant: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/installation

How to install VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html

The VMs used here require internet access to install and configure various items. Please ensure you have internet access when you are starting the VMs.

Once the above requirements have been met, start all VMs with a single command:

./start-all-vms.sh

(Please be patient, this will take a few minutes)

Once the VMs have been started, connect and use the workstation VM using the following command:

./connect-workstation.sh
cd classwork

If you keep your labwork / playbooks within ./classwork/, this will survive across rebuilds of the VMs and you will not loose any data.

There is an example playbook under ./classwork/playbook that will perform a 'dnf -y update" to all of the VMs spun up in Vagrant. To use please run the following command after you've connected to the workstation:

(using ansible-navigator)

[vagrant@workstation classwork]$ ansible-navigator run -m stdout playbook/system-updates.yml

(using ansible-playbook)

[vagrant@workstation classwork]$ ansible-playbook playbook/system-updates.yml

The stock vagrant configs will spin up the following VMs:

workstation=[
  {
    :hostname => "workstation.example.com",
    :ip => "192.168.60.3",
    :box => "bento/rockylinux-8",
    :ram => 2048
  }
]

servers=[
  {
    :hostname => "server1.example.com",
    :ip => "192.168.60.4",
    :box => "rockylinux/9",
    :ram => 1024
  },
  {
    :hostname => "server2.example.com",
    :ip => "192.168.60.5",
    :box => "rockylinux/9",
    :ram => 1024
  },
  {
    :hostname => "server3.example.com",
    :ip => "192.168.60.6",
    :box => "rockylinux/9",
    :ram => 1024
  },
  {
    :hostname => "server4.example.com",
    :ip => "192.168.60.7",
    :box => "rockylinux/9",
    :ram => 1024
  },
  {
    :hostname => "server5.example.com",
    :ip => "192.168.60.8",
    :box => "rockylinux/9",
    :ram => 1024
  }
]