During my project for an Ansible Security Audit I needed to use loops and if statements. This for me is a weakness and so I have written this to be used a quick reference guide on how to use Ansible “when “and “with_items”. Both of these have been used in my SNMP checking playbook. The […]
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This is a mini project I created for myself in one of my previous roles. The problem, that it is designed to solve is given an IP address, where is that IP physically located? This is necessary in older network environments that aren’t using tools such as Solarwinds, or newer products like; Cisco ISE, DNA
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Inventory & Group Vars The Ansible inventory file can be specified or a default location can be configured in the /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg file by adding the following lines. The group variables are a way of assigning groups inside the inventory file variables. The inventory can be either a single group of all devices, or split into
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Here I have a collection of commands for reference. Ansible can be run using ad-hoc commands or playbooks.Ad-hoc commands are all in the single command. Raw commands are entered in the Ad-hoc mode and are the commands that would usually be entered into the CLI of the network device or server.Playbooks are a series of
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Basic how to guide to Install Ansible quickly on Ubuntu. The full guide for Ubuntu is here. Installation Create the Inventory to Test This file is named router_switch_inv.ini in my lab. Test Topology With three lines and a small file it is very simple to start interacting with network devices. Inventory File in Depth The
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