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2019-03-29T02:25:01Z

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	~~Ansible can be thought of as a for~~-~~loop over SSH scripts, but it's also much more than that~~.		https://charlesreid1-docker.github.io/charlesreid1-ansible/

	Ansible is all about taking care of the heavy lifting involved in infrastructure automation.		Ansible can be thought of as a for-loop over SSH scripts, but it's also much more than that. Ansible is all about taking care of the heavy lifting involved in infrastructure automation.

	==Basic Features==		==Basic Features==

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Vaults and Secrets

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	===Vaults and Secrets===		===Vaults and Secrets===

	Ansible uses vaults to encrypt and store keys and secrets in ~~variables~~		Ansible uses vaults to encrypt and store keys and secrets. You can include a vault in <code>playbooks/group_vars</code> and have ansible ask for a password on the command line:

			<pre>
			ansible-playbook site.yml --ask-vault-pass
			</pre>

	[[Ansible/Vaults]] - mechanism for encrypting and decrypting secrets		[[Ansible/Vaults]] - mechanism for encrypting and decrypting secrets

2018-12-07T18:10:34Z

Ansible Features

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	==Ansible Features==		==Ansible Features==

			===Playbooks===

			Playbooks are the central feature of Ansible, and are where you tell Ansible what to do on what machines.

	[[Ansible/Playbooks]] - this is where Ansible becomes really powerful		[[Ansible/Playbooks]] - this is where Ansible becomes really powerful

			[[Ansible/Variables]] - defining and using variables to remove complexity

			===Hosts===

			Ansible host files tell Ansible how to work with host machines. Ansible can also interact programmatically with hosts.

	[[Ansible/Hosts]] - configuring machines to work with Ansible		[[Ansible/Hosts]] - configuring machines to work with Ansible

	~~[[Ansible/Variables]] - defining and using variables to remove complexity~~		===Roles===

			Roles can provide multiple "routes" through a playbook for different types of machines

	[[Ansible/Roles]] - defining and using roles to make playbooks more powerful		[[Ansible/Roles]] - defining and using roles to make playbooks more powerful

			===Vaults and Secrets===

			Ansible uses vaults to encrypt and store keys and secrets in variables

	[[Ansible/Vaults]] - mechanism for encrypting and decrypting secrets		[[Ansible/Vaults]] - mechanism for encrypting and decrypting secrets

2018-11-13T22:09:36Z

Ansible Features

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	[[Ansible/Roles]] - defining and using roles to make playbooks more powerful		[[Ansible/Roles]] - defining and using roles to make playbooks more powerful

			[[Ansible/Vaults]] - mechanism for encrypting and decrypting secrets

	=Flags=		=Flags=

	{{AnsibleFlag}}		{{AnsibleFlag}}

2018-11-13T22:09:07Z

Directory Structure

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	playbook.yml		playbook.yml
	</pre>		</pre>

			See [[Ansible/Directory Layout]] for a much more detailed discussion.

	==Using Ansible==		==Using Ansible==

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	Ansible is all about taking care of the heavy lifting involved in infrastructure automation.		Ansible is all about taking care of the heavy lifting involved in infrastructure automation.

	~~Related:~~

	* [[Ansible/Playbooks]] - this is where Ansible becomes really powerful
	* [[Ansible/Hosts]] - configuring machines to work with Ansible


	==Basic Features==		==Basic Features==
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	</pre>		</pre>

	==Using Ansible Locally with Vagrant==		==Using Ansible==

			===Using Ansible Locally with Vagrant===

	{{Main\|Ansible/Vagrant}}		{{Main\|Ansible/Vagrant}}
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	See [[Ansible/Vagrant/Dynamic_Inventory]] for a dynamic inventory script with Vagrant.		See [[Ansible/Vagrant/Dynamic_Inventory]] for a dynamic inventory script with Vagrant.

	==Using Ansible with EC2==		===Using Ansible with EC2===

	{{Main\|Ansible/EC2}}		{{Main\|Ansible/EC2}}
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	See [[Ansible/EC2/Dynamic Inventory]] for an example EC2 dynamic inventory script.		See [[Ansible/EC2/Dynamic Inventory]] for an example EC2 dynamic inventory script.

			==Ansible Features==

			[[Ansible/Playbooks]] - this is where Ansible becomes really powerful

			[[Ansible/Hosts]] - configuring machines to work with Ansible

			[[Ansible/Variables]] - defining and using variables to remove complexity

			[[Ansible/Roles]] - defining and using roles to make playbooks more powerful

	=Flags=		=Flags=

	{{AnsibleFlag}}		{{AnsibleFlag}}

2018-11-11T16:47:07Z

Using Ansible with EC2

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	See [[Ansible/EC2/Dynamic Inventory]] for an example EC2 dynamic inventory script.		See [[Ansible/EC2/Dynamic Inventory]] for an example EC2 dynamic inventory script.

	~~[[Ansible/Hosts/Dynamic_Inventory#Example:_EC2_Dynamic_Inventory_Script]]~~

	=Flags=		=Flags=

	{{AnsibleFlag}}		{{AnsibleFlag}}

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2018-11-11T04:15:03Z

Using Ansible with EC2

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	See [[Ansible/EC2]] for coverage of both methods (the static inventory script and the dynamic inventory script) when using Amazon EC2.		See [[Ansible/EC2]] for coverage of both methods (the static inventory script and the dynamic inventory script) when using Amazon EC2.

	See [[Ansible/~~Hosts~~/~~Dynamic_Inventory#Example:_EC2_Dynamic_Inventory_Script~~]] for an example EC2 dynamic inventory script.		See [[Ansible/EC2/Dynamic Inventory]] for an example EC2 dynamic inventory script.

			[[Ansible/Hosts/Dynamic_Inventory#Example:_EC2_Dynamic_Inventory_Script]]

	=Flags=		=Flags=

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Using Ansible Locally with Vagrant

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	See [[Ansible/Vagrant]] for coverage of both methods when using Vagrant.		See [[Ansible/Vagrant]] for coverage of both methods when using Vagrant.

	See [[Ansible/~~Hosts~~/Dynamic_Inventory~~#Example:_Vagrant_Dynamic_Inventory_Script~~]] for ~~an example Vagrant~~ dynamic inventory script.		See [[Ansible/Vagrant/Dynamic_Inventory]] for a dynamic inventory script with Vagrant.

	==Using Ansible with EC2==		==Using Ansible with EC2==