https://github.com/ranjithdb/ansible-03
File Management and User Creation
https://github.com/ranjithdb/ansible-03
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File Management and User Creation
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ranjithdb/ansible-03
- Owner: ranjithdb
- Created: 2025-03-06T09:32:47.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-06T09:53:22.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-06T10:36:43.421Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: ansible, ansible-playbook
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- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# ansible-03
## File Management and User Creation
## Overview
This project demonstrates how to use Ansible to create a user, set up directories, and manage files on remote Linux machines.
## Inventory Configuration
Create an `inventory.ini` file with the following structure:
```ini
[linux_mint]
mint-desktop ansible_host= ansible_user=
mint-vm ansible_host= ansible_user=
```
Replace ``, ``, and `` with actual values.
## Playbook: `manage_files_users.yml`
Create a playbook named `manage_files_users.yml`:
```yaml
- name: Manage Files and Users
hosts: linux_mint
become: true
tasks:
- name: Create a new user
user:
name: devops
state: present
groups: sudo
- name: Create a directory
file:
path: /home/devops/project
state: directory
owner: devops
group: devops
mode: '0755'
- name: Create a file inside the directory
copy:
content: "Welcome to Ansible File Management"
dest: /home/devops/project/info.txt
owner: devops
group: devops
mode: '0644'
```
## Explanation of the Playbook
The `manage_files_users.yml` playbook performs three key tasks on remote Linux machines:
1. **Create a User (`devops`)**
- Uses the `user` module to create a new user named `devops`.
- Ensures the user exists (`state: present`).
- Adds the user to the `sudo` group for administrative privileges.
2. **Create a Directory (`/home/devops/project`)**
- Uses the `file` module to create the directory if it does not exist.
- Assigns ownership to the `devops` user and group.
- Sets the directory's permissions to `0755` (owner can read/write/execute, others can read/execute).
3. **Create a File (`/home/devops/project/info.txt`)**
- Uses the `copy` module to create a text file inside the directory.
- Writes "Welcome to Ansible File Management" as its content.
- Assigns ownership to the `devops` user and group.
- Sets the file permissions to `0644` (owner can read/write, others can read).
## Running the Playbook
Execute the playbook with:
```bash
ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini manage_files_users.yml --ask-become-pass
```
## Verification
Check if the user was created:
```bash
ansible linux_mint -i inventory.ini -m shell -a "id devops"
```