Ansible Automation Ansible Inventory & Configuration Management 3

Question 1

Which file is Ansible's primary configuration file?

Accepted Answer

ansible.cfg

Answer

ansible.conf

Answer

ansible-config.yaml

Answer

ansible.ini

Question 2

What is the order of precedence Ansible uses when searching for ansible.cfg?

Accepted Answer

ANSIBLE_CONFIG env var → ./ansible.cfg → ~/.ansible.cfg → /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

Answer

/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg → ~/.ansible.cfg → ./ansible.cfg → ANSIBLE_CONFIG

Answer

~/.ansible.cfg → ./ansible.cfg → /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg → ANSIBLE_CONFIG

Answer

./ansible.cfg → /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg → ~/.ansible.cfg → ANSIBLE_CONFIG

Question 3

Which ansible.cfg setting disables SSH host key checking?

Accepted Answer

host_key_checking = False

Answer

check_host_keys = no

Answer

ssh_strict = False

Answer

verify_host_keys = disabled

Question 4

Which ansible.cfg directive sets the default number of parallel host connections?

Accepted Answer

forks

Answer

parallelism

Answer

concurrency

Answer

max_hosts

Question 5

What command shows the current Ansible configuration with effective values and their source?

Accepted Answer

ansible-config dump

Answer

ansible --show-config

Answer

ansible-config view

Answer

ansible-cfg list

Question 6

Which setting in ansible.cfg controls the default remote user Ansible connects as?

Accepted Answer

remote_user

Answer

ssh_user

Answer

default_user

Answer

connect_user