Deploy and execute a shell script in target hosts using Ansible

Let's imagine you have a script to execute in all target hosts. In this case, let's call it setup.sh and for now, it will just be a Shell/ BASH script.

Step#1 : Create the Setup Script

Lets create the script on our Ansible server because it needs to be local

e.g., create in central/ ansible server

# vi setup.sh

touch test.txt

Step#2: create your play book

# cat play_setup.yml

---

#deploy shell script

- name: Transfer and execute a script.

  hosts: all

  remote_user: oracle

  tasks:

   - name: Transfer the script

     copy: src=setup.sh dest=/home/oracle mode=0777

   - name: Execute the script

     command: sh /home/oracle/setup.sh

Step#3: Now execute your play book after syntax check

# ansible-playbook play_setup.yml --syntax-check

playbook: play_setup.yml

# ansible-playbook play_setup.yml

PLAY [Transfer and execute a script.] ***********************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ***********************************************************************************

ok: [192.168.100.1]

ok: [192.168.100.2]

TASK [Transfer the script] ***********************************************************************************

ok: [192.168.100.1]

ok: [192.168.100.2]

TASK [Execute the script] ***********************************************************************************

changed: [192.168.100.1]

changed: [192.168.100.2]

PLAY RECAP ***********************************************************************************

192.168.100.2             : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

192.168.100.1             : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Step#4: Verify in one of the target host

connect to 192.168.100.1 and check

$ ls setup.sh

setup.sh

$ ls test.txt

test.txt

We saw here our script deployed and executed successfully.