Setup Ansible Semaphore to Run Playbooks (UI for Ansible - Open Source Ansible Tower Alternative)

In this video, you will learn how to setup Ansible Semaphore to run your playbooks.

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Note: It is preferable to use Deploy Keys in GitHub for Ansible-Semaphore because all it requires is a pull. 

LINKS:

Steps:
cd ansible/roles
ansible-galaxy init create_admin_user

- name: Add the user with a specific uid and a primary group of "admin"
loop: "{{ admin }}"

- name: Setup authorized key
loop: "{{ admin }}"

- name: Update sudoers file and validate
dest: /etc/sudoers
insertafter: EOF
state: present
loop: "{{ admin }}"

admin:
- name: 'thelazysysadmin'
comment: 'Ultimate User'
uid: '1000'

- name: 'semaphore'
comment: 'Semaphore App User'
uid: '1001'

sudo su - semaphore
ssh-keygen
exit
mkdir create_admin_user/files/pub_keys/

cd ..
mkdir playbooks/users

---
- hosts: all
gather_facts: yes
become: yes
become_user: root
tasks:
name: create_admin_user

roles_path=roles
host_key_checking=False
private_key_file=~/.ssh/ansible

sudo yum -y install sshpass

Git
cd ansible
git init
git add .
git commit -m "initial"
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 Setup Create Admin Playbook
02:34 Ansible Configuration
03:11 Run Create Admin Playbook
03:30 Setup Ansible Semaphore
08:52 Setup Git Repository
10:00 Run Ansible Template
12:04 Outro

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[ilmiriliasov]

Thank You Man) I've got working semaphore) It was not easy for me, who only one time tried use ansible early, but it's work)

[weida]

ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'ansible.posix.authorized_key', my ansible 2.13.3, how to fix it, thanks

[xtensionxward]

isn't the inventory user credidentials for the hosts login and password ?

[hrsikesakhitoliya]

How to specify anisble.cfg file to semaphore ?

anyway to run the playbook in private github repo ? thanks

[Juan-gtrb]

Hi, i have this error:

Running playbook failed: exec: "ansible-playbook": executable file not found in $PATH

I stuck there...

Note: i dont use ssh credentials, i was config the key store whit the type "login_password".

Thanks!

[weida]

ERROR! the role not found in
The error appears to be in line 8, column 15, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
- ansible.builtin.import_role:
name: create_admin_user
^ here. any idea ?