[TriLUG] Automation from an Existing Server/VM

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 6:20 PM Alan Sterger via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Listers,
>
> Looking into Linux Automation with Ansible, Chef, Puppet or ... Want to
> extract a playbook from an existing server/VM to build another with
> minimal edits.
>
> Operation on RHEL or OEL a must; Debian or Ubuntu a plus.
>
> Most docs I've reviewed want to start creating the playbook from scratch
> instead of using an already built server/VM as a template.
>
> Any help in creating a playbook from an existing server/VM will be much
> appreciated.
>
      Problem statement confusing. If using Ansible, the playbook is
not in the host it is applied to. Therefore, find host it is being
applied from, or the repo it is stored in, and make changes as needed.