Ansible is an open-source automation tool that allows you to automate repetitive tasks like system configuration management, application deployments, and intra-service orchestration. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a cloud computing service offered by Oracle Corporation, providing servers, storage, network, databases, and other services.

You can integrate Ansible with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for automating your cloud operations. This enables you to deploy, configure, and manage resources in OCI using Ansible playbooks.

Here’s a brief guide on how to set up Ansible with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

Prerequisites

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account and access to create resources.
• Ansible installed on your local machine.
• Python installed on your local machine.
• OCI Python SDK and Ansible OCI plugins installed.

Steps:

1. Install Required Packages
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3. pip install oci
4. ansible-galaxy collection install oracle.oci
5. API Configuration: Obtain your Oracle Cloud user’s API key and add it to an OCI config file, usually located at ~/.oci/config.
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7. [DEFAULT]
8. user = YOUR_USER_OCID
9. fingerprint = YOUR_PUBLIC_FINGERPRINT
10. key_file = PATH_TO_YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY
11. tenancy = YOUR_TENANCY_OCID
12. region = YOUR_OCI_REGION
13. Ansible Configuration: Create an Ansible playbook YAML file (e.g., oci_provision.yaml) to describe what resources you’d like to provision or manage in OCI.
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15. —
16. – name: Create Oracle Cloud Instance
17.   hosts: localhost
18.   gather_facts: no
19.   tasks:
20.     – name: Create a new instance
21.       oci_instance:
22.         config_file_location: ‘~/.oci/config’
23.         config_profile_name: ‘DEFAULT’
24.         availability_domain: YOUR_AVAILABILITY_DOMAIN
25.         compartment_id: YOUR_COMPARTMENT_ID
26.         shape: YOUR_INSTANCE_SHAPE
27.         display_name: YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME
28.         source_details:
29.           source_type: ‘image’
30.           image_id: YOUR_IMAGE_ID
31.       register: instance
32. Execute the Playbook: Run the Ansible playbook to start the provisioning.
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34. ansible-playbook oci_provision.yaml
35. Verify that the resources have been created in your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console.

Please remember that this is a simplified example. Real-world use-cases might require more complex configurations and additional tasks.