4. For Limit, enter motdlab.example.com , and click Submit.

9.4. Examine The results

This process will take much longer than using a button because it has to go through the service provisioning state machine

1. You can log into https://ansible1-$GUID.rhpds.opentlc.com with the admin user and
password r3dh4t1! .
a. From there click JOBS at the top.
b. Look for a new motd job.
2. Navigate to Automation → Ansible Tower → Jobs.
a. The motd job will eventually appear, click Automation on the left side to refresh the screen.
b. Eventually the Status should show Successful.
3. You can also look at Services → Requests to see the service status.
4. When the job is successful you can SSH to the motdlab host from the workstation host using the IP
address:

5. Erase the MOTD file:

[root@motdlab ~]# cat /dev/null > /etc/motd

10. Working With Integrated Ansible

10.1. Test Integrated Ansible Service
1. Navigate to Services → Catalogs → Service Catalogs.
2. Select My Catalog → Embedded Ansible MOTD and click Order.
3. For Machine Credential choose lab-password
4. For Hosts, replace localhost with motdlab.example.com , and click Submit.
5. Monitor the Integrated Ansible Job by going to Services → My Services → Active Services →
Embedded Ansible MOTD
6. Here you will see the running service