RedHat EX294 Exam - Topic 14 Question 14 Discussion

Actual exam question for RedHat's EX294 exam

Question #: 14
Topic #: 14

[All EX294 Questions]

Generate a hosts file:

hosts.j2 to

/home/admin/ansible/ Complete the template so that it can be used to generate a file

with a

line for each inventory host in the same format as /etc/hosts:

172.25.250.9 workstation.lab.example.com workstation

* Create a playbook called gen_hosts.yml that uses this template to generate the file

/etc/myhosts on hosts in the dev host group.

* When completed, the file /etc/myhosts on hosts in the dev host group should have a

line for

each managed host:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4

::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

172.25.250.10 serevra.lab.example.com servera

172.25.250.11 serevrb.lab.example.com serverb

172.25.250.12 serevrc.lab.example.com serverc

172.25.250.13 serevrd.lab.example.com serverd

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while practising you to create these file hear. But in exam have to download as per

questation.

hosts.j2 file consists.

localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4

::1

localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

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AExplanation:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible
# wget http://classroom.example.com/hosts.j2
# vim hosts.j2
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 ::1
localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
{% for host in groups['all'] %}
{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_facts']['default_ipv4']['address'] }} {{ hostvars[host]
['ansible_facts']['fqdn'] }} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_facts']['hostname'] }}
{% endfor %}
:wq!
# vim gen_hosts.yml
---
- name: collecting all host information
hosts: all
tasks:
- name:
template:
src: hosts.j2
dest: /etc/myhosts
when: inventory_hostname in groups['dev']
:wq
# ansible-playbook gen_hosts.yml ---syntax-check
# ansible-playbook gen_hosts.yml

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Suggested Answer: A

by Lawrence at Aug 22, 2022, 02:36 PM

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Hmm, I'm not too familiar with the file structure of an RSA NetWitness appliance. I'll have to think this through carefully.

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