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Hello 🖐️
My name is Charles Vosloo — this repository is part of my journey learning DevOps while completing KodeKloud Engineer challenges.

Note:
“KodeKloud Engineer tasks” refer to the hands-on challenges offered by Mumshad Mannambeth’s KodeKloud educational platform — one of the best environments for real-world DevOps practice.

1. Easy One Command to SSH to Nautilus Servers
2. Scripts
3. Using Ansible to do Linux tasks
4. How to Deploy Applications to Kubernetes — Blog Post

After SSHing into the server, I typically run one of these helper scripts from the /scripts folder depending on the task:

Example command:

curl https://webi.sh/webi | sh
> 💡 *Tip:*  
> Webi can also install utilities like `lf`, `bat`, `jq`, `ripgrep`, and `zoxide`.  
> Just expect longer setup time, especially if you really want to install brew.

The best way to learn Ansible is to use it daily for configuration management.
Many Linux KodeKloud Engineer tasks can be automated via playbooks.

I first learned this approach from Anh Nguyen’s repository,
where he provides elegant Ansible-based solutions to KodeKloud challenges.

git clone https://github.com/journeyman33/kodekloud.git

cd /home/thor/kodekloud
sudo -s
./scripts/install_ansible.sh

This script also copies:
  - ansible.cfg → /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  - inventory/hosts → /etc/ansible/hosts

Now Ansible can be executed from anywhere and can target hosts using the aliases defined in the inventory file.

Let's say the Linux task is to:

“Install httpd and git on the hostname webservers (all 3 Stratos App servers) and ensure Apache listens on port 81.”

ssh tony@stapp01 steve@stapp02 banner@stapp03
sudo -s; yum install git -y; yum install httpd -y
sudo sed -i 's/^Listen 80/Listen 81/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
systemctl start httpd

Declarative (Ansible) Way:

cat > httpd.yaml <<EOF
---
- name: Install httpd and git on webservers
  hosts: webservers
  become: true  # Run tasks with elevated privileges (sudo)

  tasks:
    - name: Install httpd and git
      yum:
        name:
          - httpd
          - git
        state: present
      tags:
        - install_packages

    - name: Update HTTPD port to 81
      lineinfile:
        path: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
        regexp: '^Listen 80'
        line: 'Listen 81'
      notify: Restart HTTPD
      tags:
        - update_httpd_port

  handlers:
    - name: Restart HTTPD
      systemd:
        name: httpd
        state: restarted
EOF

Run the Playbook: ansible-playbook httpd.yaml

“Yes, ChatGPT wrote that YAML… before i tested it 😅 🧙‍♂️ 📜”