Ansible
Create a yaml file as follows
cat apache.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
become: yes
become_method: sudo
become_flags: -s
become_user: root
tasks:
- name: Install Apache
apt:
name: apache2
state: present
update_cache: true
or
Syntax 2:
cat apache_1.yml
---
- hosts: localhost
become: yes
become_method: sudo
become_flags: -s
become_user: root
tasks:
- name: Install Apache
apt: name=apache2 state=present update_cache=yes
and run the apache.yml playbook
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ ansible-playbook -v apache.yml
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
PLAY
[localhost]
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK
[Gathering Facts]
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK
[Install Apache]
*************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost] => changed=true
cache_update_time: 1619332181
cache_updated: true
stderr: ''
stderr_lines: <omitted>
stdout: |-
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Suggested packages:
apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 251 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/95.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 542 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package apache2.
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%(Reading database ...
10%(Reading database ... 15%(Reading database ... 20%(Reading database
... 25%(Reading database ... 30%(Reading database ... 35%(Reading
database ... 40%(Reading database ... 45%(Reading database ...
50%(Reading database ... 55%(Reading database ... 60%(Reading database
... 65%(Reading database ... 70%(Reading database ... 75%(Reading
database ... 80%(Reading database ... 85%(Reading database ...
90%(Reading database ... 95%(Reading database ... 100%(Reading database
... 271653 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../apache2_2.4.46-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking apache2 (2.4.46-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up apache2 (2.4.46-1ubuntu1) ...
Enabling module mpm_event.
Enabling module authz_core.
Enabling module authz_host.
Enabling module authn_core.
Enabling module auth_basic.
Enabling module access_compat.
Enabling module authn_file.
Enabling module authz_user.
Enabling module alias.
Enabling module dir.
Enabling module autoindex.
Enabling module env.
Enabling module mime.
Enabling module negotiation.
Enabling module setenvif.
Enabling module filter.
Enabling module deflate.
Enabling module status.
Enabling module reqtimeout.
Enabling conf charset.
Enabling conf localized-error-pages.
Enabling conf other-vhosts-access-log.
Enabling conf security.
Enabling conf serve-cgi-bin.
Enabling site 000-default.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/apache2.service -> /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.
Created symlink
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/apache-htcacheclean.service
-> /lib/systemd/system/apache-htcacheclean.service.
Processing triggers for systemd (246.6-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for ufw (0.36-7) ...
stdout_lines: <omitted>
PLAY
RECAP
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ ps -ef |grep apache
root 7629 1 0 11:59 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data 7631 7629 0 11:59 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data 7632 7629 0 11:59 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
ansible 9021 1754 0 12:00 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto apache
Check
the host on which Apache is running by using hostname - I command and
then launch a browser and connect to the IP addresses mentioned
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ hostname -I
10.0.2.15 172.17.0.1
Launched the first IP and have set the following page in the index.html
you can check the status of apache service
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ ps -ef|grep apache
root 639 1 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data 640 639 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
www-data 641 639 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
ansible 4361 1754 0 11:33 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto apache
You can configure your own page by following the below link
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-and-configure-apache#1-overview
For now I'll set the apache index.html back
Go to /var/www/html and rename the current index.html and move the original one back into the place
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:/var/www/html$ ls
index.html index.html_bak_24Apr21
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:/var/www/html$ sudo mv index.html index.html_25Apr21
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:/var/www/html$ sudo mv index.html_bak_24Apr21 index.html
Restart the services:
ansible@ansible-VirtualBox:/var/www/html$ systemctl reload apache2
Relaunch the IPs in the browser and you will see the original apache page 
For port configuration, refer to: https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/how-to-install-apache-on-ansible/