Playbooks

From ad-hoc commands to playbooks

Example Workflow

1. Suspend monitoring

2. Remove server from Load Balancer configuration

3. Update application

4. Test application

5. Register in Load Balancer configuration

6. Restart monitoring

Example Playbooks

ansible-playbook --syntax-check site.yml

ansible-playbook -C webserver.yml

yaml code

output

A Simple Playbook: create a user

Introducing handlers

Introducing pre and post

Variables and configuration

Working with external vars and vault

Playbook structure

Running Ansible Playbooks

ansible-playbook site.yml

yaml code

output