How to add Linux Node in Rundeck?

Step 1 – Add authentication keys/password in Key Storage

Add authentication keys/password of the linux node in Rundeck’s built-in Key Storage.

Step 2 – Create a Project

Step 3 – Edit node for the project

Step 4 – Click on the Add new Node Source button.

Step 5 – Choose “File”

Step 6 – Choose desire options

Finally, click on the Save button. The file will be added to the server and ready for a node entry.\

Once created, the file can be edited by clicking on the “Modify” button (Edit tab) where we can add an extra entry corresponding to our remote SSH server.

Step 7 – Update resources.yaml

In the hostname attribute, place the DNS name of our remote node. In username the user who is trying to access the SSH server, In ssh-key-storage-path specifies the path that was created in key storage earlier.

remote-node:
  description: Remote SSH server node
  hostname: ec2-13-235-210-138.ap-south-1.compute.amazonaws.com
  nodename: node1
  osArch: amd64
  osFamily: unix
  osName: Linux
  osVersion: 5.11.0-7612-generic
  tags: 'node1'
  username: centos	
  ssh-key-storage-path: keys/aws-ec2Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

localhost:
  nodename: localhost
  hostname: localhost
  osVersion: 3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7.x86_64
  osFamily: unix
  osArch: amd64
  description: Rundeck server node
  osName: Linux
  username: centos
  tags: ''Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

root@ip-172-31-45-102:/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d# vi /var/lib/rundeck/resources.yml
remote-node:
  description: Remote SSH server node
  hostname: ip-172-31-45-102
  nodename: node3
  osArch: amd64
  osFamily: unix
  osName: Linux
  osVersion: 5.11.0-7612-generic
  tags: 'node1'
  username: ubuntu
  ssh-authentication: password
  ssh-password-storage-path: keys/project/DevOpsSchhool/ubuntu
Code language: PHP (php)

remote-node:
  description: Remote SSH server node
  hostname: 3.111.51.163
  nodename: node2
  osArch: amd64
  osFamily: linux
  osName: Linux
  osVersion: 5.11.0-7612-generic
  tags: 'node2'
  username: ubuntu
  ssh-authentication: password
  ssh-password-storage-path: keys/project/DevOpsSchool/rajpass
remote-node:
  description: Remote SSH server node
  hostname: 3.111.51.163
  nodename: node3
  osArch: amd64
  osFamily: linux
  osName: Linux
  osVersion: 5.11.0-7612-generic
  tags: 'node3'
  username: ubuntu
  ssh-authentication: privateKey
  ssh-key-storage-path: keys/project/DevOpsSchool/rudeckkey
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Step 8 – Use Plugins

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