Ansible

author	Matt Harasymczuk
email	book@astronaut.center
www	https://www.astronaut.center
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• This book is free and open source at https://dev.astrotech.io

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978-83-957186-2-5	https://python.astrotech.io	Python 3: from None to Machine Learning
978-83-957186-3-2	https://dev.astrotech.io	The Software Engineering: DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, Provisioning and Git Flow
978-83-957186-0-1	https://www.astronaut.pl	Astronaut Selection and Training for Long Duration Spaceflight and Extraterrestrial Activity
978-83-956752-0-1	https://www.astronaut.center/books	Space in Practice: How to Prepare and Conduct Stratospheric Balloon Mission
978-83-957186-4-9	https://pl.habitatos.space	HabitatOS - Development of operating system prototype for Lunar and Martian habitats
978-83-957186-1-8	https://alsep.astronaut.center	Geophysics experiments from Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package

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About

About

• 1. Install
  • 1.1. Requirements
  • 1.2. Installation
  • 1.3. Client Dependencies
• 2. Basic Concepts
  • 2.1. Core concepts
  • 2.2. Control node
  • 2.3. Managed nodes
  • 2.4. Inventory
  • 2.5. Modules
  • 2.6. Tasks
  • 2.7. Roles
  • 2.8. Playbook
  • 2.9. Templates
• 3. Best Practices
  • 3.1. General
  • 3.2. Readability
  • 3.3. Performance
  • 3.4. Inventory
  • 3.5. Variables
  • 3.6. Templates
  • 3.7. Roles
  • 3.8. Scaling
• 4. Usage
  • 4.1. Arguments
  • 4.2. Positional arguments
  • 4.3. Optional arguments
  • 4.4. Privilege Escalation Options
  • 4.5. Connection Options
  • 4.6. Config
  • 4.7. Ansible Pull
• 5. Glossary
• 6. Inventory
  • 6.1. What is Inventory?
  • 6.2. Static Inventory
  • 6.3. INI format
  • 6.4. YAML format
  • 6.5. Files
  • 6.6. Docker
  • 6.7. Best Practices
• 7. Directory Structure
  • 7.1. Basic Project
  • 7.2. Roles
  • 7.3. Other Directories

Ad Hoc

Ad Hoc

• 1. Ad Hoc
  • 1.1. Inventory - Host file
  • 1.2. Syntax
  • 1.3. Become (Run as root)
  • 1.4. Examples
  • 1.5. Facts
  • 1.6. Installing Packages
• 2. Use Cases
  • 2.1. SetUp
  • 2.2. Console
  • 2.3. Shell
  • 2.4. Copy
  • 2.5. File
  • 2.6. Ping
  • 2.7. User
  • 2.8. Service
  • 2.9. Playbook

Playbooks

Playbooks

• 1. Vars
  • 1.1. Definition
  • 1.2. Environment Variables
  • 1.3. Best Practices
• 2. Keywords
• 3. Tasks
  • 3.1. Modules
  • 3.2. Install Packages
  • 3.3. Running Commands
  • 3.4. Order
• 4. Roles
  • 4.1. Ansible Roles
  • 4.2. Ansible Galaxy
  • 4.3. Example
  • 4.4. Best Practices
• 5. Playbooks
  • 5.1. Concepts
  • 5.2. Run
  • 5.3. Playbook
  • 5.4. Plays
  • 5.5. Tasks
  • 5.6. Ansible Lint
• 6. Handlers
  • 6.1. Definition
  • 6.2. Usage
  • 6.3. Examples
• 7. Facts
• 8. Conditionals
  • 8.1. with_items
  • 8.2. failed_when
  • 8.3. changed_when
  • 8.4. until
  • 8.5. ignore_errors
• 9. Tags
• 10. Vault
• 11. Examples
  • 11.1. Single Play
  • 11.2. Multiple Plays

Templates

Templates

• 1. Templates
  • 1.1. Why?
  • 1.2. Syntax
  • 1.3. Example
  • 1.4. Best practices
• 2. Conditionals
  • 2.1. If
  • 2.2. If else
  • 2.3. If elif else
• 3. Loops
• 4. Blocks
  • 4.1. Example 1
  • 4.2. Example 2
• 5. Inclusion
• 6. Assignments
• 7. Filters
  • 7.1. Filters
  • 7.2. Cycle
• 8. i18n
  • 8.1. Translation
• 9. Macros
  • 9.1. Import Macros

Tests

Tests

• 1. Tests
  • 1.1. Debug
  • 1.2. Smoke Tests
  • 1.3. Playbook Syntax
  • 1.4. Pre-deployment
  • 1.5. Dry Mode
  • 1.6. Deployment
  • 1.7. References

Use Cases