https://samarthya.me/categories/ansible/Recent content in Ansible on SamarthyaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Samarthya 2018-2026. All rights reserved.Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/ansible-privilege-escalation/Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/ansible-privilege-escalation/<figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="" width="600" height="600" src="https://samarthya.me/posts/ansible-privilege-escalation/image-ansible.jpg" srcset="https://samarthya.me/posts/ansible-privilege-escalation/image-ansible.jpg 800w, https://samarthya.me/posts/ansible-privilege-escalation/image-ansible.jpg 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://samarthya.me/posts/ansible-privilege-escalation/image-ansible.jpg"></figure> <p>One of its Ansible’s features is the ability to execute tasks with elevated privileges, often necessary for managing system configurations. This process is known as privilege escalation.</p>https://samarthya.me/posts/non-root-podman-and-molecule/Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/non-root-podman-and-molecule/<figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="Molecule testing an Ansible role through podman-docker and the user&rsquo;s podman.socket, with containers running as non-root" width="1200" height="630" src="https://samarthya.me/posts/non-root-podman-and-molecule/molecule_hu_c9c0ad608e5dc687.png" srcset="https://samarthya.me/posts/non-root-podman-and-molecule/molecule_hu_c9c0ad608e5dc687.png 800w, https://samarthya.me/posts/non-root-podman-and-molecule/molecule.png 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://samarthya.me/posts/non-root-podman-and-molecule/molecule.png"><figcaption>Recreated in October 2026 from the post; the original image was lost</figcaption></figure> <p>On my <code>Centos8</code> I was facing issue when I was trying to run Molecule on a centos machine which is running <code>podman</code> as a non root user. Also, I am using the driver – <code>docker</code> and not <code>podman</code>, so to overcome the aliases and references issues I have installed <code>podman-docker</code>.</p>https://samarthya.me/posts/async-poll-notify-ansible-long-running-process/Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/async-poll-notify-ansible-long-running-process/<figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="Ansible long-running task with async 300 and poll 60, registered job ID, async_status until finished, and debug output" width="1200" height="630" src="https://samarthya.me/posts/async-poll-notify-ansible-long-running-process/as-async_hu_5a8baddeb9db8fb4.png" srcset="https://samarthya.me/posts/async-poll-notify-ansible-long-running-process/as-async_hu_5a8baddeb9db8fb4.png 800w, https://samarthya.me/posts/async-poll-notify-ansible-long-running-process/as-async.png 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://samarthya.me/posts/async-poll-notify-ansible-long-running-process/as-async.png"><figcaption>Recreated in October 2026 from the post; the original image was lost</figcaption></figure> <p>ASYNC &amp; Poll</p>