Installing Ansible on Ubuntu 18.04 and running simple commands
INSTALL: sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible sudo apt update sudo apt install ansible CONFIGURE: *Edit '/etc/ansible/hosts' *Define 'hosts' - or Ansible clients. Create a group called 'ahosts': [ahosts] host1 ansible_ssh_host=192.168.1.28 *Tell Ansible to use python interpreter in path /usr/bin/python3 (shipped with Ubuntu 18.04) [servers:vars] ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3 *Tell Ansible to use username 'ak' when connecting to hosts (if not using SSH keys): *Make dir '/etc/ansible/group_vars' *Edit '/etc/ansible/group_vars/servers' --- ansible_ssh_user: ak RUN COMMAND ON HOSTS IN GROUP 'ahosts' AND ASK FOR SSH PASSWORD: ansible --ask-pass -m ping ahosts RUN COMMAND ON HOSTS 'host1' AND 'host2' AND ASK FOR SSH PASSWORD: ansible --ask-pass -m ping host1:host2 RUN SHELL COMMAND ON HOSTS IN