Ansible: SSH Access

Saurabh Sharma

To set up SSH access for inventory hosts in Ansible, follow these steps:

  1. Generate an SSH key pair
    • ssh-keygen -t rsa
  2. Copy the public key to the remote host
    • ssh-copy-id user@hostname
  3. Test the connection to the remote host:
    • ssh user@hostname
  4. Modify the ansible.cfg file to set the remote user, if necessary.
  5. Add the remote host to the Ansible inventory file.
  6. Run the Ansible playbook to execute the desired tasks on the remote host.

Note: If you need to access multiple remote hosts, repeat steps 2-5 for each host.