Tag: Ansible

Ansible: Could not find aptitude. Please ensure it is installed Error and Solution

Posted on in Categories , , , last updated June 13, 2017

I am running the ‘ansible-playbook -i hostnames upgrade.yml‘ command but getting an error that read as follows

fatal: [db1]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: “Could not find aptitude. Please ensure it is installed.“}

My yml file includes the following line:

- apt: update_cache=yes upgrade=yes

How do I fix this error on a Debian or Ubuntu Linux server?

How to create a new config file in Ansible playbook

Posted on in Categories , , , , , , , last updated February 19, 2017

I wanted to create a file named /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/1000-force-ipv4-transport with the value set to ‘Acquire::ForceIPv4 true;’ on 20 cloud servers hosted in AWS. I already setup Ansible playbook to automate stuff. How do I create a new file using Ansible playbook? Is it possible to create a complex file with many lines of text (say squid.conf) using Ansible IT automation tool?