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Ansible: Notes

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Technical Ansible
Official documentation notes (Self Read)

Control node
Managed nodes
Inventory
Modules
Tasks
Playbooks

Building blocks for Ansible.

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A playbook is composed of one or more ‘plays’ in an ordered list. — Official documentation

  • Ordered lists of tasks, saved so you can run those tasks in that order repeatedly.
  • Expressed in YAML format
  • It offers a multi-machine configuration & deployment system for complex applications that is
    • Repeatable
    • Re-usable &
    • Simple
  • Controller machine
  • Has the Ansible executable installed (+Python)
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  • List of nodes/hosts that will be managed by control node
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  • List of nodes
  • Can specify information like IP address for each managed node.
  • An inventory can also organise managed nodes in groups e.g. [webserver]
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  • The units of code Ansible executes.
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    The units of action in Ansible
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