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Getting Started with Ansibleansible-doc commandGetting Started with the ansible-doc command ansible-doc become ansible-doc connection ansible-doc inventory ansible-doc modules ansible-doc shell ansible-doc strategyansible-playbook commandGetting Started with the ansible-playbook command ansible-playbook version command Verbose Flags (-v -vv -vvv)ansible command (ad-hoc task)Getting Started with the ansible command ansible --version commandAnsible GalaxyGetting Started with Ansible Galaxy Ansible Galaxy website ansible-galaxy info command ansible-galaxy init command ansible-galaxy install command ansible-galaxy list command ansible-galaxy login command ansible-galaxy remove command ansible-galaxy search command ansible-galaxy setup command ansible-galaxy version commandAnsible Lintansible-lintAnsible Vault--vault-id command line option --vault-password-file command line option Ansible Vault password file ansible-vault create command ansible-vault decrypt command ansible-vault edit command ansible-vault encrypt command ansible-vault encrypt_string command ansible-vault rekey command (change password)ansible-vault view commandArraysGetting Started with Arrays Dictionary Lists Append values to an Array Dictionary List Looping through an Array Dictionary ListBecomeansible_become ansible_become_user ansible_become_pass variables (sudo)Become and --vault-password-file command line option become command line (--become --become-user --become-method --ask-become-pass --become-flags)become directives in ansible.cfg become parameter (sudo)Understanding Become Privilege EscalationDry Run--check (dry run) command line flagFilesConfiguration file (ansible.cfg)FiltersGetting Started with Filters b64decode filter b64encode filter capitalize first character cut characters from a string (index)first filter (first value in an array list)int filter (integers math)last filter (last value in an array list)length filter lower filter max filter (greatest value in array)min filter (lowest value in array)regex_escape regex_findall regex_replace regex_search replace filter round filter sort filter split (cut a string into pieces)strftime filter title upper case first character trim whitespace type_debug filter (integer, boolean, string)upper filterHashesGetting Started with Hashes (key value pairs)Looping through an HashInstallInstall Ansible on Linux using pip Install Ansible on Linux using yum Install Ansible Tower on Linux Install ansible-lint on Linux using pip Uninstall Ansible on Linux using pip Uninstall Ansible TowerInventory--list-hosts command line option ansible-inventory --graph command ansible-inventory --list command Defining your inventory Run a playbook against certain managed nodes (hosts -i --limit)Inventory (dynamic)Getting Started with the Dynamic Inventory advanced_host_list dynamic inventory plugin Cobbler dynamic inventory script host_list dynamic inventory plugin ini dynamic inventory plugin nmap dynamic inventory plugin vmware_vm_inventory dynamic inventory plugin yaml dynamic inventory pluginInventory (static)Create your own inventory file Default hosts file Inventory file format (INI YAML)Inventory groups (all | ungrouped | other)Jinja2Jinja2 templatingJSONGetting Started parsing JSON Loop through JSON array Store JSON value in variableLogsGetting Started with Logs (log_path)Magic VariablesGetting Started with Magic Variables ansible_date_time magic variable ANSIBLE_DEBUG variable ansible_default_ipv4 magic variable ansible_distribution magic variable ansible_distribution_major_version magic variable ansible_distribution_version magic variable ansible_hostname magic variable ansible_limit magic variable ansible_play_batch magic variable ansible_play_hosts magic variable ansible_play_hosts_all magic variable hostvars magic variable inventory_hostname magic variable inventory_hostname_short magic variable playbook_dir magic variable play_hosts magic variableMetameta clear_host_errors (continue fail fatal)meta end_playModulesarchive module (tar zip bzip2 gzip)authorized_key module blockinfile module (edit file)command module (invoking a command)copy module cron module curl module debug module (printing output to the console)fail module file module (change owner group mode permissions chown chgrp chmod)file module (create a symbolic link symlink soft link)file module (create directory mkdir)file module (create file touch)file module (delete remove file)file module (remove directory rmdir)find module (list files and directories)firewalld module get_url module Hostname module import_playbook module include_tasks module iptables module known_hosts module lineinfile module (edit file)mail module (send email)move module mysql_db module openssh_cert module openssh_keypair module ping module pip module raw module (execute a command)rename module replace module (edit a file)script module (invoking a script)service module (start stop restart services chkconfig)setup module (gather facts)set_fact module set_fact module (array of values)shell module (invoking a shell command)shell module (write local file)slurp module (read file)stat module (file statistics)systemd module (start stop restart services)unarchive module (tar zip bzip2 gzip)uri module user module user module (create keypair)user module (groups)yum module (install update package)yum module (list available installed packages)yum module (uninstall delete remove package)Module Utilitiesmodule_utilsParameterschanged_when parameter check_mode parameter (dry run)connection parameter delay parameter delegate_to parameter (run task on specific server)failed_when parameter (skip tasks)group parameter ignore_errors paramater local_action parameter loop parameter (loop through items)mode parameter module_defaults parameter owner parameter recurse parameter register parameter (stdout stderr rc)remote_src parameter remote_user parameter retries parameter run_once parameter selevel parameter (SELinux)serole parameter (SELinux)setype parameter (SELinux)seuser parameter (SELinux)until parameter (loop)validate parameter warnings parameter (warn: true, warn: false)when directory is empty or not empty when file or directory exists or does not exist (out.stat.exists)when file or directory is writeable (out.stat.writeable)when object is or is not a directory (out.stat.isdir)when parameter (if else statement)when variable is defined or not defined when variable is empty or not empty with_items parameter (loop through items)with_list parameter (loop through items)with_nested loop parameter with_sequence parameterplaybooksGetting Started with playbooksPluginsgather_facts plugin Handlers Notify Plugin lookup plugin (date time)lookup plugin (env user home directory)lookup plugin (env user whoami)lookup plugin (read local file)Pythonansible command python version ansible_python_interpreter variableRetryRetry fileRolesGetting Started with Roles Download role using the git clone command include_role post_tasks pre_tasks Role Dependencies Role Duplication (allow_duplicates)Role Files Role Templates Role VariablesSSHGetting Started with SSH --ask-pass (SSH) command line flag --connection command line flag /etc/ansible/hosts file SSH (ansible_user ansible_ssh_pass)Using an encrypted password with SSHTagsGetting Started with TagsTask ExecutionGetting Started with Task Execution --forks command line option --list-tasks command line option forks in ansible.cfg Free Strategy Linear Strategy parallelismTerminologyidempotentTowerGetting Started with Tower Add managed hosts to static inventory in Tower Create Job Schedule in Tower Create Job Template in Tower Create Project in Tower Create static Inventory in Tower Delete Job Template in Tower Delete Project in Tower Delete static Inventory in Tower Get latest SCM revision Job template extra variables in Tower Remove managed hosts to static inventory in Tower Start Job Template in Tower Start Stop Restart Ansible Tower Viewing Completed JobsTroubleshootingResolve "Destination not writable"Resolve "Failed to connect to the host via ssh Permission denied"Resolve "Failed to parse foo.yml with foo plugin"Resolve "non-zero return code"Resolve "There was an issue creating as requested: [Erroro 13] Permission denied"VariablesGetting Started with variables -e --extra-vars (variables) command line option group_vars variables include_vars lookup plugin vars Nested Variables null variables Variables in /etc/ansible/hosts or your own inventory file vars plugin (variables, arrays, lists)vars_files plugin