Two ways to test the connection with remote servers.
- One is to write the playbook and execute
- Other is directly passing the ping command as an argument to ansible command
Category: Ubuntu
Ansible: Installation and Configuration
Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment tool. It runs on many Unix-like systems, and can configure both Unix-like systems as well as Microsoft Windows. Before proceeding for the installation, it is necessary to get yourself comfortable with basic knowledge.
Ansible Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible_(software)
Official Documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/
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Shell Script: Pausing the execution with sleep command
To pause the execution of shell script use sleep command.
Examples:
sleep 1 # Pause for 1 sec sleep 1s # Pause for 1 sec sleep 1m # Pause for 1 min sleep 1h # Pause for 1 hour sleep 1d # Pause for 1 day sleep .1 # Pause for 100 mili-sec i.e. 0.1sec
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Installing Docker on Ubuntu 14.04 OS
Docker is a computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization also known as containerization. This is now used in many cloud platforms. Let’s see how to install on your own computer. Continue reading …
Making the backup process simple and automatic
Here we will see backing up a large volume of data, especially in Ubuntu OS.
It is requested to have a basic knowledge of communication through ssh, openssh-server, crontab package. Continue reading …
Different ways to open a notification/dialoge box in Ubuntu
You might be thinking, what difficulties one may face in opening a dialog box in this GUI world.
Well, we are talking about opening a dialog box through the command line. Lets see different ways to open a dialog box in Ubuntu OS. continue reading …
Scheduling Ubuntu program with gnome-schedule
In Ubuntu you can schedule any task to run automatic or on a specific time.
For this either you can use gnome-schedule GUI or using crontab command. Continue reading …
Accessing remote GUI application using PuTTY
Accessing the GUI of the remote computer is very much necessary when you are not comfortable with handling any application through the only command line. Some applications like video and audio editor. How will you access the GUI of such software from your remote PC. Here are the steps. It’s better you first go through the post here, which is all about forwarding the X11 using the Xming server. Then it is recommended to go through the post here, which will give you the steps to access your remote GUI.
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