The Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (EX294)
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QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Modify file content.
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Create a playbook called /home/admin/ansible/modify.yml as follows:
* The playbook runs on all inventory hosts
* The playbook replaces the contents of /etc/issue with a single line of text as
follows:
-- > On hosts in the dev host group, the line reads: “Development”
-- > On hosts in the test host group, the line reads: “Test”
-- > On hosts in the prod host group, the line reads: “Production”
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible
# vim modify.yml
---
- name:
hosts: all
tasks:
- name:
copy:
content: " Development "
dest: /etc/issue
when: inventory_hostname in groups[ ' dev ' ]
- name:
copy:
content: " Test "
dest: /etc/issue
when: inventory_hostname in groups[ ' test ' ]
- name:
copy:
content: " Production "
dest: /etc/issue
when: inventory_hostname in groups[ ' prod ' ]
wq
# ansible-playbook modify.yml –-syntax-check
# ansible-playbook modify.yml
QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Create a playbook called hwreport.yml that produces an output file called /root/
hwreport.txt on all managed nodes with the following information:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- > Inventory host name
-- > Total memory in MB
-- > BIOS version
-- > Size of disk device vda
-- > Size of disk device vdb
Each line of the output file contains a single key-value pair.
* Your playbook should:
-- > Download the file hwreport.empty from the URL http://classroom.example.com/
hwreport.empty and
save it as /root/hwreport.txt
-- > Modify with the correct values.
note: If a hardware item does not exist, the associated value should be set to NONE
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while practising you to create these file hear. But in exam have to download as per
questation.
hwreport.txt file consists.
my_sys=hostname
my_BIOS=biosversion
my_MEMORY=memory
my_vda=vdasize
my_vdb=vdbsize
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible
# vim hwreport.yml
- name:
hosts: all
ignore_errors: yes
tasks:
- name: download file
get_url:
url: http://classroom.example.com/content/ex407/hwreport.empty
dest: /root/hwreport.txt
- name: vdasize
replace:
regexp: " vdasize "
replace: " {{ ansible_facts.devices.vda.size }} "
dest: /root/hwreport.txt
register: op1
- debug:
var: op1
- name: none
replace:
regexp: " vdasize "
replace: NONE
dest: /root/hwreport.txt
when:
op1.failed == true
- name: vdbsize
replace:
regexp: " vdbsize "
replace: " {{ ansible_facts.devices.vdb.size }} "
dest: /root/hwreport.txt
register: op2
- debug:
var: op2
- name: none
replace:
regexp: " vdbsize "
replace: NONE
dest: /root/hwreport.txt
when:
op2.failed == true
- name: sysinfo
replace:
regexp: " {{item.src}} "
replace: " {{item.dest}} "
dest: /root/hwreport.txt
loop:
- src: " hostname "
dest: " {{ ansible_facts.fqdn }} "
- src: " biosversion "
dest: " {{ ansible_facts.bios_version }} "
- src: " memory "
dest: " {{ ansible_facts.memtotal_mb }} "
wq!
# ansible-playbook hwreport.yml -–syntax-check
# ansible-playbook hwreport.yml
QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Rekey an existing Ansible vault as follows:
-----------------------------------------------
* Download Ansible vault from http:// classroom.example.com /secret.yml to /home/
admin/ansible/
* The current vault password is curabete
* The new vault password is newvare
* The vault remains in an encrypted state with the new password
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible/
# wget http://classroom.example.com/secret.yml
# chmod 0600 newpassword.txt
# ansible-vault rekey vault.yml --new-vault-password-file=newpassword.txt
QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Install the RHEL system roles package and create a playbook called timesync.yml that:
-- > Runs over all managed hosts.
-- > Uses the timesync role.
-- > Configures the role to use the time server 192.168.10.254 ( Hear in redhat lab
use " classroom.example.com " )
-- > Configures the role to set the iburst parameter as enabled.
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:
# pwd
home/admin/ansible/
# sudo yum install rhel-system-roles.noarch -y
# cd roles/
# ansible-galaxy list
# cp -r /usr/share/ansible/roles/rhelsystem-roles.timesync .
# vim timesync.yml
---
- name: timesynchronization
hosts: all
vars:
timesync_ntp_provider: chrony
timesync_ntp_servers:
- hostname: classroom.example.com _ in exam its ip-address
iburst: yes
timezone: Asia/Kolkata
roles:
- rhel-system-roles.timesync
tasks:
- name: set timezone
timezone:
name: " {{ timezone }} "
wq!
timedatectl list-timezones | grep india
# ansible-playbook timesync.yml --syntax-check
# ansible-playbook timesync.yml
# ansible all -m shell -a ' chronyc sources -v '
# ansible all -m shell -a ' timedatectl '
# ansible all -m shell -a ' systemctl is-enabled chronyd '
QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Install and configure Ansible on the control-node control.realmX.example.com as
follows:
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-- > Install the required packages
-- > Create a static inventory file called /home/admin/ansible/inventory as follows:
node1.realmX.example.com is a member of the dev host group
node2.realmX.example.com is a member of the test host group
node3.realmX.example.com & node4.realmX.example.com are members of the prod
host group
node5.realmX.example.com is a member of the balancers host group.
prod group is a member of the webservers host group
-- > Create a configuration file called ansible.cfg as follows:
-- > The host inventory file /home/admin/ansible/inventory is defined
-- > The location of roles used in playbooks is defined as /home/admin/ansible/ roles
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:
Through physical host, login to workstation.lab.example.com with user root.
# ssh root@workstation.lab.example.com
# hostname
workstation.lab.example.com
# yum install platform-python*
# su - admin
# pwd
/home/admin/
# vim .vimrc
# mkdir -p ansible/roles
# cd ansible
# vim inventory
[dev]
servera.lab.example.com
[test]
serverb.example.com
[prod]
serverc.example.com
serverd.example.com
[balancer]
serverd.lab.example.com
[webservers:children]
prod
!wq
# vim ansible.cfg
[defaults]
inventory = ./inventory
role_path = ./roles
remote_user = admin
ask_pass = false
[privilege_escalation]
become = true
become_method = sudo
become_user = root
become_ask_pass = false
!wq
# ansible all -–list-hosts
QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Create a playbook called issue.yml in /home/sandy/ansible which changes the file /etc/issue on all managed nodes: If host is a member of (lev then write " Development " If host is a member of test then wri te " Test " If host is a member of prod then write " Production "
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:

QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Create a file called specs.empty in home/bob/ansible on the local machine as follows:
HOST=
MEMORY=
BIOS=
VDA_DISK_SIZE=
VDB_DISK_SIZE=
Create the playbook /home/bob/ansible/specs.yml which copies specs.empty to all remote nodes ' path /root/specs.txt. Using the specs.yml playbook then edit specs.txt on the remote machines to reflect the appropriate ansible facts.
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:


QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Create a file called requirements.yml in /home/sandy/ansible/roles to install two roles. The source for the first role is geerlingguy.haproxy and geerlingguy.php. Name the first haproxy-role and the second php-role. The roles should be installed in /home/sandy/ansible/r oles.
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
in /home/sandy/ansible/roles
vim requirements.yml

Run the requirements file from the roles directory:
ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml -p /home/sandy/ansible/roles
QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Create a role called sample-apache in /home/sandy/ansible/roles that enables and starts httpd, enables and starts the firewall and allows the webserver service. Create a template called index.html.j2 which creates and serves a message from /var/www/html/index.html Whenever the content of the file changes, restart the webserver service.
Welcome to [FQDN] on [IP]
Replace the FQDN with the fully qualified domain name and IP with the ip address of the node using ansible facts. Lastly, create a playbook in /home/sandy/ansible/ called apache.yml and use the role to serve the index file on webserver hosts.
Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
/ho me/sandy/ansible/apache.yml

/home/sandy/ansible/roles/sample-apache/tasks/main.yml

/home/sandy/ansible/roles/sample-apache/templates/index.html.j2

In /home/sandy/ansible/roles/sample-apache/handlers/main.yml

QUESTION DESCRIPTION:
Create a file in /home/sandy/ansible/ called report.yml. Using this playbook, get a file called report.txt (make it look exactly as below). Copy this file over to all remote hosts at /root/report.txt. Then edit the lines in the file to provide the real information of the hosts. If a disk does not exist then write NONE.

Correct Answer & Rationale:
Answer:
See the Explanation for complete Solution below.
Explanation:
Solution as:


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