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Archives for October 2020

How to use ansible-config to discover and investigate configuration options

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Viewing Configuration Options If you want to find out what options are available in the configuration file, use the ansible-config list command. It will display an exhaustive list of the available configuration options and their default settings. This list may vary depending on the version of Ansible that you have installed and whether you have […]

Filed Under: Ansible, DevOps

How to write multiple plays and per-play privilege escalation in Ansible

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Writing Multiple Plays A playbook is a YAML file containing a list of one or more plays. Remember that a single play is an ordered list of tasks to execute against hosts selected from the inventory. Therefore, if a playbook contains multiple plays, each play may apply its tasks to a separate set of hosts. […]

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How to Write Ansible Playbook and run it using the ansible-playbook command

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Ansible Playbooks and Ad Hoc Commands Ad hoc commands can run a single, simple task against a set of targeted hosts as a one-time command. The real power of Ansible, however, is in learning how to use playbooks to run multiple, complex tasks against a set of targeted hosts in an easily repeatable manner. A […]

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How to Run Ad-Hoc Commands Using Ansible

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In this post, we will learn how to run a single Ansible automation task using an ad hoc command and explain some use cases for ad hoc commands. Running ad hoc Commands with Ansible An ad hoc command is a way of executing a single Ansible task quickly, one that you do not need to […]

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