Ansible Interview Questions and Answers

Ques 11. What is the purpose of the 'become' keyword in Ansible?

The 'become' keyword is used to execute tasks with escalated privileges, usually by using 'sudo' or 'su'. It is equivalent to 'sudo' in Unix-like systems.

Example:

become: yes

Ques 12. Explain Ansible facts.

Ansible facts are pieces of system information collected during playbook execution. They provide details about the target system, such as hardware, network, and OS.

Ques 13. How can you execute only a specific task from an Ansible playbook?

You can use the '--tags' option followed by the task tag when running the 'ansible-playbook' command to execute specific tasks.

Example:

ansible-playbook site.yml --tags deploy

Ques 14. What is the purpose of the 'notify' keyword in Ansible?

The 'notify' keyword is used to trigger handlers. It specifies a task or a list of tasks to be executed if the associated task results in a change.

Example:

notify: restart apache

Ques 15. How can you check the syntax of an Ansible playbook without executing it?

You can use the 'ansible-playbook' command with the '--syntax-check' option to validate the syntax of a playbook without running it.

Example:

ansible-playbook site.yml --syntax-check