Free RHCE Automation and Deployment Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which configurations in ansible.cfg are used for privilege escalation?

Accepted Answer

become, become_method, become_user, become_ask_pass

Answer

privilege, escalate_method, escalate_user, ask_for_become

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become, method_become, user_become, ask_become_pass

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escalation, method_privilege, user_privilege, ask_for_privilege

Question 2

What command syntax is used to perform a syntax check on an Ansible playbook?

Accepted Answer

ansible-playbook --syntax-check playbook.yml

Answer

ansible-playbook check playbook.yml

Answer

ansible-check playbook.yml

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ansible-playbook --check playbook.yml

Question 3

What command syntax is used to perform a dry run (check mode) of an Ansible playbook without making changes?

Accepted Answer

ansible-playbook -C playbook.yml

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ansible-playbook -D playbook.yml

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ansible-playbook --dry-run playbook.yml

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ansible-playbook --pretend playbook.yml

Question 4

How do you save the output from an Ansible module to a variable?

Accepted Answer

register: var_name

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var_name = ansible_module module_name

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save: var_name = module_name

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ansible save var_name module_name

Question 5

How do you output or display the value of a variable in Ansible?

Accepted Answer

debug: var=var_name

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print: var_name

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log: var_name

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echo var_name

Question 6

What keyword is used for looping over a list (which can be a variable) in Ansible?

Accepted Answer

loop

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cycle

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iterate

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repeat

Question 7

Which Ansible configuration groups are commonly used to define default settings and privilege escalation options?

Accepted Answer

[defaults], [privilege_escalation]

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[global], [escalation]

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[common], [privilege]

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[default], [escalation]