# A couple of thousand new servers to add into ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-of-thousand-new-servers-to-add-into-ansible/29081>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-of-thousand-new-servers-to-add-into-ansible/29081 "2018-11-20T18:00:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sloan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Sloan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sloan)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-of-thousand-new-servers-to-add-into-ansible/29081/1 "2018-11-20T18:00:51Z")

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I am currently setting up to add a couple of thousand servers into ansible config mgmt. Does anyone know of any blogs scripts etc that could be helpful. specifically I am looking into automated login scripts like expect or ?? . I am adding a new local ansible user and a public key with a basic bash script.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Zhitomirski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@Mark\_Zhitomirski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Zhitomirski)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-of-thousand-new-servers-to-add-into-ansible/29081/2 "2018-11-22T11:33:18Z")

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For starter you may look at mine: [https://github.com/mz0/ansible-digitalocean](https://github.com/mz0/ansible-digitalocean)  
So far it deals with one host, that part needs a thought.

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**Author:** ![countryroad62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@countryroad62](https://forum.ansible.com/u/countryroad62)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-of-thousand-new-servers-to-add-into-ansible/29081/3 "2018-11-27T21:02:07Z")

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Do you have root access (directly, by certificate) from your ansible control node? Do you have a inventory file (dynamic or static)?

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-of-thousand-new-servers-to-add-into-ansible/29081/4 "2018-11-27T23:10:44Z")

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are you familiar with ansible? I suggest looking into the starting guide and best practice if you don’t.