How Can You Ensure Your Server is Reachable or Unreachable with Ansible and Shell Script?

Managing a large number of servers can be a challenging task, and one of the routine tasks involves checking the connectivity of these servers. In this blog post, we’ll explore a practical way to automate server ping checks using Ansible and a shell script. This approach can save valuable time and provide an efficient way to monitor the reachability of multiple servers. Prerequisites: Before we dive into the automation, make sure you have the following prerequisites in place: <ol> <li>Ansible Installed: Ensure that Ansible is installed on your system. If not, you can follow the installation instructions on the <a href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ansible website</a>.</li> <li>Inventory File: Create an Ansible inventory file (e.g., ip_list) that lists the IP addresses or hostnames of the servers you want to ping.</li> <li>SSH Password: You will need the SSH password for authentication with the servers. If your servers use different passwords, you can adapt the script to handle that scenario like updating the inventory file</li> </ol> <a href="https://medium.com/@prabahar87/how-can-you-ensure-your-server-is-reachable-or-unreachable-with-ansible-and-shell-script-b1881f38cbf9">Click Here</a>