EX407 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Create the users in the file usersjist.yml file provided. Do this in a playbook called users.yml located at /home/sandy/ansible. The passwords for these users should be set using the lock.yml file from TASK7. When running the playbook, the lock.yml file should be unlocked with secret.txt file from TASK 7.

All users with the job of 'developer' should be created on the dev hosts, add them to the group devops, their password should be set using the pw_dev variable. Likewise create users with the job of 'manager' on the proxy host and add the users to the group 'managers', their password should be set using the pw_mgr variable.

users_list.yml

Create a file called packages.yml in /home/sandy/ansible to install somepackages 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 to the latest.

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.

1.

node1.example.com

2.

node2.example.com

3.

node3.example.com

4.

node4.example.com

5.

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.

Examine the following inventory excerpt file named /home/user/ansible/inventory. [dbservers] db1.example.com Which of the following files does Ansible check for variables related to that inventory? (Choose all that apply.)

A. /home/user/ansible/dbservers

B. /home/user/ansible/host_vars/db1.example.com

C. /home/user/ansible/host_vars/db1

D. /home/user/ansible/group_vars/dbservers

Which flags must be accepted as input for a dynamic inventory script?

A. Only --list

B. --host [hostname] and --list

C. --host [hostname] and --inv-list

D. --list and --format [file format]

Consider the following playbook.

-hosts: webservers become: yes

-name: install httpd yum: name: httpd state: latest

Which line includes a syntax error?

A. become: yes

Which keywords are valid? (Choose all that apply.)

A. never

B. rescue

C. always

D. block

Consider the following playbook.

-hosts: web1 become: yes

tasks:

-

name: use yum yum: name=httpd

state=latest

-

name: use service service: name=httpd state=started enabled=yes

-hosts: media1 become: yes

tasks:

-name: use service service: name=mariadb state=started

when:

-ansible_hostname == "web1"

-name: use service service: name=firewalld state=stopped

What service is started on the host media1?

A. mariadb

B. httpd

C. firewalld

D. No service is started on media1.

What special character is used to designate that you are passing a variable file to a play using the -e flag?

A. The plugs sign: "+"

B. There is no special character required.

C. The at symbol: "@"

D. The pipe: "|"

Is there a syntax error in the following excerpt? If so, what is it?

vars: package: httpd tasks:

-

name: Deploy {{ package }}

yum:

name:

{{ package }}

state: present

A.

No, there are no syntax errors in the provided excerpt.

B.

Yes, the variable package is not defined correctly.

C.

Yes, the name parameter for the yum module should have a quoted value.

D.

Yes, the name keyword (below tasks) should have a quoted value.

Consider the provided dictionary variable definition:

drives: name: hd1 type: physical size: 1G

Which of the following are valid ways to retrieve data from this dictionary? (Choose all that apply.)

A. {{ drives[`type'] }}

B. {{ drives-name }}

C. {{ drives }}

D. {{ drives.size }}

Which are of the following are valid uses of a role's meta directory? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Setting variable values for use within a role.

B. Setting the allow_duplicates flag.

C. A role's dependency information.

D. Setting the become flag.

Which subcommand of ansible-galaxy makes a role available for use from galaxy?

A. create

B. pull

C. init

D. install

How does a user Access Ansible Tower once it is installed?

A. By connecting to the control host using ssh and running 'tower-tui'

B. By running 'tower-connect' from your local CLI (on a graphical environment) and specifying the hostname of your Ansible Tower server.

C. By connecting making an https request to the server tower is installed on using a browser.

D. By running the ansible command and supplying the --tower flag running.

Where can you find documentation on Ansible modules? (Choose all that apply.)

A. The Ansible-Module man page.

B. The Ansible man page.

C. Using the ansible-doc command.

D. Ansible online documentation.