How to prepare FreeBSD server to be managed by Ansible tool

To prepare a FreeBSD server to be managed by Ansible, you need to install and configure Ansible on the server and configure the server to allow Ansible to connect to it.

Here are the general steps you can follow to prepare a FreeBSD server to be managed by Ansible:

1. Install Ansible on the server:

sudo pkg install ansible

2. Create an Ansible configuration file, ansible.cfg, in the /usr/local/etc/ansible directory:

[defaults]
inventory = /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts

3. Create an Ansible inventory file, hosts, in the /usr/local/etc/ansible directory:

[freebsd]
freebsd ansible_host=freebsd_ip_address ansible_user=freebsd_user

Replace freebsd_ip_address and freebsd_user with the IP address and user of the FreeBSD server.

4. Generate an SSH key on the machine where Ansible is installed:

ssh-keygen

5. Copy the public key to the FreeBSD server:

ssh-copy-id freebsd_user@freebsd_ip_address

Replace freebsd_user and freebsd_ip_address with the user and IP address of the FreeBSD server.

6. Test the connection to the FreeBSD server:

ansible freebsd -m ping

If the connection is successful, you should see a message like freebsd | SUCCESS => { "changed": false, "ping": "pong" }.

These are general steps to prepare a FreeBSD server to be managed by Ansible. You may need to follow additional steps or use different tools depending on your specific setup.