Rundeck Student Assignments (Local Node Only)

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Assignment 1: Hello World Job

Objective: Learn to create and execute your first Rundeck job.

• Instructions:
  • Create a project named starter-project
  • Inside it, create a job named hello-world
  • Add a single script step: echo "Hello from Rundeck!"
  • Run the job on the local node
• Expected Outcome:
  The job should execute successfully and display the output in the log.

Assignment 2: Disk Usage Check

Objective: Monitor disk usage using df -h on the local system.

• Instructions:
  • Create a job named disk-check
  • Add a step that runs: df -h > /tmp/disk_report.txt
  • Add another step to print the contents of the file
• Bonus: Schedule this job to run every day at 9:00 AM

Assignment 3: Create a Backup Job

Objective: Back up a directory to a tar.gz file.

• Instructions:
  • Create a job called backup-home
  • Ask the user to input the folder name via job option
  • Use a script step: tar -czf /tmp/${option.folder}.tar.gz /home/${option.folder}
  • Run it using rundeck user permissions (or sudo if needed)
• Expected Outcome:
  A .tar.gz file appears in /tmp/.

Assignment 4: Write and Use a Job Option

Objective: Learn how to use user-provided input in jobs.

• Instructions:
  • Create a job named greet-user
  • Add a job option: username (text input)
  • Script Step: echo "Welcome, ${option.username}! Your job ran at $(date)"
  • Run the job and enter a custom name
• Expected Outcome:
  Personalized greeting message in the job log.

Assignment 5: System Health Check Job

Objective: Chain multiple system checks into a workflow.

• Instructions:
  • Create a job called health-check
  • Add workflow steps:
    1. uptime
    2. free -m
    3. who
    4. df -h
  • Add a final step to write output to /tmp/health_summary.txt
• Bonus: Email or Slack the results (if configured)

🏁 Extra Credit Ideas (Still Local Only)

• Use environment variables inside scripts.
• Capture job output and reuse it in a follow-up step.
• Trigger one job from another using the “Job Reference” step.

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