🚀 Ansible Assignment - 202 🎯

This repository contains the code and demo for the Ansible Assignment - 202, showcasing an automated web server deployment using Ansible on AWS EC2 instances. 🖥️☁️

📝 Problem Statement

Configure two VMs (VM1 and VM2) either on your own hardware or in a cloud environment. Use Ansible to deploy a web server on both VMs running on port 8080 with a web page that displays:

• "Hello World from VM-1" on VM1
• "Hello World from VM-2" on VM2

Include Ansible tasks for deployment and cleanup. Submit a Word document with screenshots, a demo, and all Ansible code/scripts via GitHub. 📸📜

🔥 Steps to Follow

1️⃣ Launch AWS EC2 Instances 🌐

• Create three EC2 instances:
  • 🖥️ Ansible Control Node (to run Ansible)
  • 🌍 VM1 & VM2 (to deploy web servers)
• Configure inbound rules for VM1 & VM2:
  • ✅ Allow HTTP traffic on port 80
  • ✅ Enable SSH access as needed

2️⃣ Set Up SSH Access 🔑

• Log into each EC2 instance.
• On the Ansible control node, add the private key:

  mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh
  echo "PRIVATE_KEY_CONTENT" > ~/.ssh/ansible_key
  chmod 600 ~/.ssh/ansible_key

3️⃣ Configure Ansible Inventory 📜

• Create an inventory file at /etc/ansible/hosts:

  [nodes]
  VM1_Public_IP
  VM2_Public_IP

• Set the SSH private key path in Ansible configuration:

  ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/ansible_key

4️⃣ Create and Run Ansible Playbook 🚀

• Develop an Ansible playbook to:
  • 📦 Install Nginx
  • 🔧 Change Nginx’s default port to 8080
  • 📝 Deploy a custom index.html file
  • 🔄 Restart Nginx
• Run the playbook:

  ansible-playbook deploy_nginx.yml

• ✅ Verify the web pages are accessible at:
  • http://VM1_Public_IP:8080
  • http://VM2_Public_IP:8080

5️⃣ Cleanup Playbook (Un-deploy) 🧹

• Create another playbook to:
  • 🛑 Stop Nginx
  • ❌ Uninstall Nginx
  • 🗑️ Remove configuration files
• Execute cleanup:

  ansible-playbook remove_nginx.yml

🎉 Congratulations! We've successfully automated the deployment and cleanup of a web server using Ansible! 🚀🔥