5. Ansible

Introduction

DevOps teams can automate their security and transform it into DevSecOps workflows using Ansible and Terraform.

Automate security responses to threats, provision both physical and virtualized next-generation firewalls and automate routine configuration tasks, saving time and reducing configuration errors.

Official Documentation for the Ansible Module can be found on this link.

Add & Delete Hosts with Ansible

Step	Instructions
1	From the Jump-Server , SSH into the Ubuntu-Orchestrator (root / Cpwins1!) using MobaXterm:
2	Change to the following directory : cd /root/Ansible/
3	Review the file hosts.yml – view the hostname in the script : cat add_hosts.yml
4	Open SmartConsole to the Network Objects > Hosts view.
5	Run the following command to execute the Ansible Play : ansible-playbook add_hosts.yml
6	2 New Hosts were added :
7	Run the following command to remove the added hosts : ansible-playbook remove_hosts.yml The hosts should be deleted.