How can Ansible be integrated with PHP scripts to manage privilege escalation and system interactions effectively?

To integrate Ansible with PHP scripts for managing privilege escalation and system interactions effectively, you can use the Ansible PHP API to execute Ansible playbooks or tasks from within your PHP code. This allows you to automate tasks such as user management, software installation, and configuration management in a secure and controlled manner.

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Include Ansible PHP API library

use Ansible\Ansible;
use Ansible\Host\Host;
use Ansible\Inventory\Inventory;
use Ansible\Playbook\Playbook;

// Define inventory file with hosts
$inventory = new Inventory();
$inventory->addHost(new Host('webserver1', '192.168.1.10'));

// Define playbook with tasks for privilege escalation and system interactions
$playbook = new Playbook('playbook.yml');

// Execute the playbook on the specified hosts
$ansible = new Ansible();
$ansible->run($inventory, $playbook);

?>