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 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Given the following Ansible playbook excerpt, what workflow is being automated? - hosts: web_servers tasks: - name: Install nginx apt: name: nginx state: present - name: Start nginx service: name: nginx state: started

   • AConfiguration management
   • BService management
   • CProvisioning
   • DUser management
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2. 12application · medium

   An Ansible playbook contains the following tasks: 1) package: name=vsftpd state=present, 2) user: name=ftpuser create_home=yes, 3) lineinfile: path=/etc/vsftpd.conf regexp='^anonymous_enable' line='anonymous_enable=NO', 4) service: name=vsftpd state=started enabled=yes. What is the primary workflow being automated?

   • AMigrating FTP data to a new server
   • BMonitoring FTP server performance
   • CDeploying an FTP server with a local user and disabled anonymous access
   • DHardening an existing FTP server by removing users
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4. 13application · medium

   A junior admin is reviewing an Ansible playbook that contains the following tasks: 1) apt: name=postfix state=present, 2) user: name=postfix system=yes, 3) lineinfile: path=/etc/postfix/main.cf regexp='^myhostname' line='myhostname = mail.example.com', 4) service: name=postfix state=started enabled=yes. What is the overall workflow being automated?

   • ADecommissioning the mail server
   • BPerforming a security audit of the mail server
   • CProvisioning a mail server with a dedicated user and a basic configuration
   • DMigrating an existing mail server to a new host
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5. 14application · easy

   A playbook targets a mix of Ubuntu and CentOS hosts. It must install the 'curl' package on all hosts and then start the 'curl-daemon' service (which exists on both). Which module should be used for the package installation to work across both distributions?

   • Ayum: name=curl state=present
   • Bcommand: apt-get install -y curl
   • Cpackage: name=curl state=present
   • Dapt: name=curl state=present
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6. 15application · medium

   An administrator needs to ensure that the 'nginx' service is running and enabled at boot on a set of Ubuntu servers. The playbook also needs to update the default site configuration. Which tasks should be used?

   • Acopy: src=default.conf dest=/etc/nginx/sites-available/default; service: name=nginx state=started
   • Btemplate: src=default.conf.j2 dest=/etc/nginx/sites-available/default; systemd: name=nginx state=restarted enabled=yes
   • Csystemd: name=nginx state=started enabled=yes; lineinfile: path=/etc/nginx/sites-available/default regexp='listen' line='listen 8080;'
   • Dservice: name=nginx state=restarted; template: src=default.conf.j2 dest=/etc/nginx/sites-available/default
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