Ansible Playbook: ping remote server(s)

ping command is basically used to test the reachability of a server. Ansible allows you to ping multiple servers or a group of servers at once. It is assumed that, Ansible tool is already installed in your linux system.

Steps:
1>   Create empty yml file with the name pingserver.yml

vim pingserver.yml

2>   Add following contents:

---
- hosts: myservers
  tasks:
   - name: check the ping
     ping:
...

3>   Save and execute the pingserver.yml file using followng command

ansible-playbook pingserver.yml

make sure following content is present in ansible_host inventory file

[myservers]

192.168.15.34 ansible_user=chinmaya ansible_ssh_pass=mypassword

www.chinmayadehury.in ansible_user=chinmaya ansible_ssh_pass=mypassword

192.168.15.37 ansible_user=chinmaya ansible_ssh_pass=mypassword  

[Alternative]
In this method no playbook file is needed to create.
Pass the following command to the terminal

ansible myservers -m ping

If ansible_host file is not present, click here for the steps to add ansible_host file.

-Thanks