Deploy Apache HTTPD Container with Podman via Ansible

Automate the deployment of Apache HTTPD in a Podman container using Ansible. Set up web root, custom index.html, and manage container settings.

How to Setup Apache Web Server in a Podman Container for RedHat-like systems with Ansible?

I'm going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot.

Setup Apache Web Server in a Podman Container for RedHat-like systems

install packages => ansible.builtin.yum

custom index.html => ansible.builtin.copy

pull image => containers.podman.podman_image

run container => containers.podman.podman_container

Today we’re talking about how to Deploy a web server apache httpd in a Podman Container for RedHat-like Linux systems.

The full process requires four steps that you could automate with different Ansible modules.

Firstly you need to verify that podman and it dependency is successfully installed on the target system using the ansible.builtin.yum Ansible module.

Secondly, you need to create the custom index.html with ansible.builtin.copy Ansible module. You could upgrade this step using the template module.

Thirdly, you need to pull the image for the container hub registry using the containers.podman.podman_image Ansible module.

Finally, you could run the webserver container setting the right port and settings using the containers.podman.podman_container Ansible module.

Links

[containers.podman.podman_image](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/containers/podman/podman_image_module.html)

[containers.podman.podman_container](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/containers/podman/podman_container_module.html)

[httpd image](https://hub.docker.com/_/httpd)

## Playbook

How to Setup Apache Web Server in a Podman Container for RedHat-like systems with Ansible Playbook.

code

``yaml


---
name: deploy httpd container
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    webroot: "/webroot"
  tasks:
    - name: podman installed
      ansible.builtin.yum:
        name: podman
        state: latest

    - name: pull image
      containers.podman.podman_image:
        name: httpd
        pull: true
        tag: latest

    - name: webroot present
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "{{ webroot }}"
        state: directory
        owner: "root"
        group: "root"
        mode: '0777'
        setype: "container_share_t"

    - name: custom index.html
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        dest: "{{ webroot }}/index.html"
        content: |
          Custom Web Page
        setype: "container_share_t"

    - name: run httpd container
      containers.podman.podman_container:
        name: webserver
        image: httpd
        state: started
        detach: true
        expose:
          - 80
        ports:
          - 8080:80
        volume:
          - "{{ webroot }}:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/:exec"



execution

``bash

ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory container/podman_httpd_redhat2.yml

PLAY [deploy httpd on container] *