On-Premises IaC

Prompts and answers

• If I want more control over my pipeline, should I use an on-prem IaC pipeline? (Yea/Nay)
  Yea
• If I want to have a flexible and easily scalable deployment, should I use an on-prem IaC pipeline? (Yea/Nay)
  Nay
• If I have strict data protection regulations enforced on my organisation, should I use an on-prem IaC pipeline? (Yea/Nay)
  Yea
• What is the name of the file that Vagrant uses for provisioning?
  Vagrantfile
• What command can be used to provision all hosts with Vagrant?
  vagrant up
• What command can be used to provision only the webserver host with Vagrant?
  vagrant up webserver
• What is the name given to the file that Ansible will provision?
  Playbook
• What is the name given to an Ansible file that will be updated, through the injection of Ansible variables, to create a final file during the provisioning process?
  Template
• What is the name given to an Ansible collection that can be provisioned with a single configuration request?
  Role
• What is the flag displayed on the web application that is hosted after your IaC pipeline provisioning? You will need to create a profile and authenticate to view the flag.
  THM{IaC.Pipelines.Can.Be.Fun}
• What is the value stored in the flag1-of-4.txt file?
  THM{Dev.Bypasses.and.Checks.can.be.Dangerous}
• What is the value stored in the flag2-of-4.txt file?
  THM{IaC.Deployment.Keys.Must.be.Removed}
• What is the value stored in the flag3-of-4.txt file?
  THM{IaC.Shares.Should.be.Restricted}
• What is the value stored in the flag4-of-4.txt file?
  THM{Provisioners.Usually.Have.Privileged.Access}