Ansible Automation Ansible Inventory & Configuration Management

Question 1

What is the default location of the Ansible inventory file?

Accepted Answer

/etc/ansible/hosts

Answer

Ansible's default inventory file is located at /etc/ansible/hosts unless overridden by ansible.cfg or the -i flag.

Question 2

Which INI-style inventory syntax correctly defines a group called 'webservers'?

Accepted Answer

[webservers]

Answer

Inventory groups in INI format are defined using square brackets, such as [webservers].

Question 3

How do you specify a custom inventory file when running an Ansible playbook?

Accepted Answer

-i /path/to/inventory

Answer

The -i flag (short for --inventory) is used to specify a custom inventory file path.

Question 4

What keyword is used in an inventory file to define variables that apply to all hosts in a group?

Accepted Answer

[groupname:vars]

Answer

The :vars suffix on a group header (e.g., [webservers:vars]) defines variables that apply to all hosts in that group.

Question 5

Which inventory keyword is used to create a group that contains other groups as members?

Accepted Answer

[parentgroup:children]

Answer

The :children suffix on a group header allows you to nest groups inside a parent group.

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