8. Identify the Workflow Being Automated by an Ansible Playbook (management Packages, User Management Related to Services, Basic Service Configuration, and Start/stop) 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 1)

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1. 1expert · hard

   A team manages a fleet of RHEL 8 servers running the 'httpd' service. They need to deploy a new configuration file that sets the ServerName directive. The file is maintained in a Git repository and contains Jinja2 templates for host-specific values. The playbook must apply the configuration and restart the service only when the file changes. Which approach is best?

   • AUse the template module to render the file from the Git repo, then notify a handler that restarts httpd
   • BUse the lineinfile module to set ServerName, then restart httpd unconditionally
   • CUse the command module to run 'git pull' and then restart httpd
   • DUse the copy module to copy the file from the Git repo, then always restart httpd
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2. 2expert · hard

   A playbook contains the following tasks: 1) package: name=mysql-server state=present, 2) user: name=mysql system=yes, 3) lineinfile: path=/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf regexp='^bind-address' line='bind-address = 0.0.0.0', 4) service: name=mysql state=started enabled=yes. What is the overall workflow being automated?

   • ADeploying a MySQL server with a system user and network accessibility
   • BMonitoring MySQL performance
   • CSecuring MySQL by disabling remote access
   • DMigrating MySQL data to a new server
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4. 3foundation · easy

   Which Ansible task correctly sets the parameter 'MaxSessions 10' in the SSH configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config?

   • A- name: Set MaxSessions service: name: sshd state: restarted
   • B- name: Set MaxSessions template: src: sshd_config.j2 dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   • C- name: Set MaxSessions copy: src: sshd_config dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   • D- name: Set MaxSessions lineinfile: path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line: 'MaxSessions 10'
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5. 4application · medium

   A playbook needs to configure the 'apache2' service to listen on port 8080 instead of 80. The configuration is in /etc/apache2/ports.conf. Which combination of tasks is correct?

   • Acopy to overwrite ports.conf with 'Listen 8080', then service: name=apache2 state=reloaded
   • Bcommand: sed -i 's/Listen 80/Listen 8080/' /etc/apache2/ports.conf, then service: name=apache2 state=started
   • Clineinfile to change 'Listen 80' to 'Listen 8080', then service: name=apache2 state=restarted
   • Dtemplate to generate ports.conf, then service: name=apache2 state=started
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6. 5application · medium

   An engineer needs to automate the configuration of the SSH daemon on a set of servers. The playbook must set 'PermitRootLogin no' in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and then apply the change without disconnecting the current session. Which tasks should be used?

   • Alineinfile to add the line, then command: systemctl restart sshd
   • Blineinfile to replace the line, then service: name=sshd state=reloaded
   • Ccommand: sed -i 's/.*PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config, then service: name=sshd state=restarted
   • Dcopy to overwrite sshd_config with a new file, then service: name=sshd state=restarted
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