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-====== Test the First Ubuntu VM on Ansible ======
-In this step we will test the basic connectivity to our new server.
-===== Test SSH Access =====
-  - Log in to your host machine and become the user ''ansible''
-    * Option 1 - ssh to your host machine as the user ''ansible''
-    * Option 2 - log in as usual and run ''su - ansible''
-  - SSH to the IP address of the new server
-    * ''ssh <ip_address>''
-      * The IP address is displayed on the VM's console screen when it starts up
-      * Another option is to look at your router's DHCP clients list
-      * Yet another another option is nmap
-  - The login succeeds without entering a password (you do need accept the fingerprint to add to the list of known hosts)
-    * Will use the user ''ansible'' to manage the server
-===== Test Ansible to the New Server =====
-==== Create the Inventory File ====
-  - Become user ansible (i.e., ''su - ansible'')
-  - Create a simple inventory file named hosts in the ansible user's home directory
-    * Put the VM's IP address in the file, following the template below
-    * <file>
-[servers]
-<ip_address_of_VM>
-</file>
-  - Confirm the inventory by listing it to the screen
-    * <code>ansible -i hosts all --list-hosts</code>
-==== Confirm the Server is Up ====
-Still as user ansible, run some ad hoc commands to test:
-  * ''ansible -i hosts all -m ping''
-  * ''ansible -i hosts servers -m ping''
-  * ''ansible -i hosts servers -a "sudo /sbin/reboot"''
-==== Update Ubuntu ====
-Next we will use a playbook to update the software packages on the new server.
-<file yaml update_servers.yml>
----
-- hosts: servers
-  become: true
-  become_user: root
-  tasks:
-    - name: Update apt repo and cache on all Debian/Ubuntu boxes
-      apt: update_cache=yes force_apt_get=yes cache_valid_time=3600
-    - name: Upgrade all packages on servers
-      apt: upgrade=dist force_apt_get=yes
-    - name: Check if a reboot is needed on all servers
-      register: reboot_required_file
-      stat: path=/var/run/reboot-required get_md5=no
-    - name: Reboot the box if kernel updated
-      reboot:
-        msg: "Reboot initiated by Ansible for kernel updates"
-        connect_timeout: 5
-        reboot_timeout: 300
-        pre_reboot_delay: 0
-        post_reboot_delay: 30
-        test_command: uptime
-      when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists
-</file>
-Run the playbook: ''ansible-playbook -i hosts update_servers.yml''
-==== Disable DNS Stub Resolver ====
-Even though each node receives its DNS information via DHCP, Ubuntu 22.04 will at times fail to resolve names. Rebooting solves the problem temporarily, but it will come back.
-<file yaml disable_dns_stub.yml>
----
-- name: Disable DNS stub listener
-  hosts: servers
-  remote_user: ansible
-  become: true
-  tasks:
-    - name: Disable DNS stub listener
-      ini_file: dest=/etc/systemd/resolved.conf section=Resolve option=DNSStubListener value=no backup=yes
-      tags: configuration
-    - name: Restart NetworkManager
-      systemd:
-        name: NetworkManager
-        state: restarted
-    - name: Restart systemd-resolved
-      systemd:
-        name: systemd-resolved
-        state: restarted
-    - name: daemon-reload
-      systemd:
-        daemon_reload: true
-</file>
-Run the playbook: ''ansible-playbook -i hosts disable-dns-stub.yml''
-====== Next Step ======
-Congratulations on your first VM deployed using Ansible on Virtualbox! Move on to the next where we [[Delete the first Ubuntu VM using Ansible]].
-Or, back to [[deploy_ubuntu_unattended_uninstall_image_to_oracle_virtualbox_using_ansible|Deploy Ubuntu unattended install to Oracle Virtualbox using Ansible]]