Summary

• Task 1: Idempotent Ansible playbook deploys QuickNotes to the Lab 5 Vagrant VM (user, copy, template, systemd + handler).
• Task 2: Second run changed=0; listen_addr tweak updates only the template and fires restart quicknotes; --check --diff captured.
• Bonus: ansible-pull + systemd timer on the VM; push → reconcile in ~67s (GitOps loop).

Submission

Full write-up: submissions/lab7.md

Ansible files: ansible/

Mahmoud Hassan — selysecr332

Test plan

• ansible-playbook -i ansible/inventory.ini ansible/playbook.yaml — first run changed=7, second run changed=0
• Health check from host: Invoke-RestMethod http://127.0.0.1:18080/health → status=ok
• Variable override -e quicknotes_listen_addr=:9090 — template changed=1 + handler fired
• --check --diff preview captured
• Bonus: ansible-pull.timer active; Git push → VM reconciled without host ansible-playbook