Ansible

In this repository I will be demonstrating how to use ansible to run and manage docker containers.

Installing Ansible

get updates

sudo apt-get updpate

install packages

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

add ansible repository

sudo apt-add-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible

install ansible

sudo apt-get install ansible

verify that ansible installed

ansible --version

success!

What is Ansible?

• IT automation and orchestration engine meaning...
  • ansible is a simple automation language that allows you to describe an IT application infastructure with playbooks
  • automation engine runs the playbooks

What Makes Ansible so Baller?

• Ansible is Agentless meaning...
  • no agents or softwares need to be installed on the systems your automating on, only the control node needs to have ansible installed
• ansible is not painful to read- very simpple syntax
• ansible can be powerful

How to Run it?

Ad-hoc

ansible -m

Playbooks

ansible-playbook sample_playbook.yml

Automation Framework

Ansible Tower

Setting up the Hosts file for local deployment

https://www.tricksofthetrades.net/2017/10/02/ansible-local-playbooks/

Explanation of Files in this Repo

php directory

• all files relevant to CRUD operations
• PHP dockerfile

mysql directory

• mySQL dockerfile
• create user and create data sql file

buildContainer-playbook.yml

• an ansible script to build two images, two containers a network and link containers.
• run by ansible-playbook -K buildContainer-playbook.yml

checkLocalhostPlaybook.yml

• an ansible script that verifies the client ansible is deploying to- in this repo local

clean-docker.sh

• a bash script to clean docker containers and images for the sake of building/rebuilding images and containers to get it right.

To View This Container in your broswer

• clone the repo
• run the buildContainer-playbook.yml file
• navigate to your browswer and type localhost:8080 in your search bar