https://castinganet.net/ Where I store my documentation pages. 2024-10-10T15:46:47-04:00 David Pearce https://castinganet.net/ Jekyll © 2024 David Pearce /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://castinganet.net/posts/Printing-Ansible-Facts/ dave

Here is a sample Ansible script that prints the Ansible facts collected by Ansible. Use an existing computer. Install Ansible on it. For this example, create two VMs or use two or more computers you already have. These will be our test computers. Enter the names and IP addresses of the test computers you want to poll in your /etc/hosts file of your Ansible computer. From your Ansible ...

2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://castinganet.net/posts/Ansible-Example-2/ dave

Here is a sample Ansible script that updates the packages on your computers. Use an existing computer. Install Ansible on it. For this example, create two VMs or use two or more computers you already have. These will be our test computers. Enter the names and IP addresses of the test computers you want to poll in your /etc/hosts file of your Ansible computer. From your Ansible compute...

2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://castinganet.net/posts/Ansible-Example-1/ dave

Here is a sample Ansible script that gets the version number of the “grep” utility installed on your computers. Use an existing computer. Install Ansible on it. For this example, create two VMs or use two or more computers you already have. These will be our test computers. Enter the names and IP addresses of the test computers you want to poll in your /etc/hosts file of your Ansible co...

2024-10-09T00:00:00-04:00 2024-10-09T15:15:25-04:00 https://castinganet.net/posts/SecurityProfile/ dave

In some instances, security beyond a default install is very important. Here is how you can start with a system that is already mostly compliant. When installing a new RHEL, Rocky or AlmaLinux system, you will be provided with a screen to set the passwords and networking. In bottom right corner under System, you will see “Security Profile”. Click on that link. You will then be presented with...

2024-10-09T00:00:00-04:00 2024-10-09T00:00:00-04:00 https://castinganet.net/posts/ALMALINUX-INSTALL-GUI/ dave

This series of steps will install the GUI on an installation that was installed without a GUI. Run this command to see the “environment groups”: dnf group list You should see “Server with GUI” as available. You can install it and all of the packages required by using this command: dnf groupinstall "Server with GUI" -y After the installation is complete, run this command to make the GUI the...