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# 03\_\_configure\_app\_servers.yml.md

The source files for this tutorial can be downloaded from its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/ionos-cloud/module-ansible/tree/master/docs/), or cloned into your current working directory using the command `git clone https://github.com/ionos-cloud/module-ansible.git` before changing into the `module-ansible/docs/tutorials/07__introducing_the_application_load_balancer` sub-directory.

{% code title="01\_\_create\_jumpbox\_and\_nlb.yml" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```
# Arguably not the most robust solution, but while an approach based upon,
# say, https://stackoverflow.com/a/67379573 would guarantee the resulting
# file is always valid, assuming the level of indention doesn't change,
# the following is simpler, and doesn't remove any comments that said file
# might contain
- name: Add our default route to /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml to make it persistent
  blockinfile:
    path: /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml
    insertbefore: "match:"
    block: |
      {% filter indent(width=12, first=true) %}
      routes:
        - to: default
          via: 192.168.8.1
      {% endfilter %}


- name: Ensure 'DNS=212.227.123.16 212.227.123.17' is in the '[Resolve]' section of /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
  community.general.ini_file:
    path: /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
    section: Resolve
    option: DNS
    value: 212.227.123.16 212.227.123.17
    state: present


- name: Restart the systemd-resolved service
  ansible.builtin.service:
    name: systemd-resolved
    state: restarted




- name: Update repositories cache and upgrade the system
  ansible.builtin.apt:
    upgrade: dist
    update_cache: yes
    cache_valid_time: 3600


- name: Install nginx
  ansible.builtin.package:
    name:
      - nginx
    state: present


- name: And create our per-host index.html files on the remote servers
  ansible.builtin.template:
    src: templates/index.html.j2
    dest: /var/www/html/index.html
```

{% endcode %}


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