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Getting Started with Ansibleansible-doc commandGetting Started with the ansible-doc command ansible-doc become ansible-doc inventory ansible-doc modules ansible-doc shell ansible-doc strategyansible-galaxy commandansible-galaxy init command ansible-galaxy install command ansible-galaxy list command ansible-galaxy remove command ansible-galaxy version commandansible-playbook commandGetting Started with the ansible-playbook command ansible-playbook version commandansible-vault commandansible-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 commandansible command (ad-hoc task)Getting Started with the ansible command ansible command versionAnsible GalaxyGetting Started with Ansible Galaxy Ansible Galaxy websiteAnsible Lintansible-lintArraysGetting Started with Arrays Append values to an arrayCommand Line Options and Flags--ask-pass (SSH) command line flag --check (dry run) command line flag --extra-vars (variables) command line option --forks command line option --limit (limit target servers hosts) command line option --list-hosts command line option become command line (--become --become-user --become-method --ask-become-pass --become-flags)Connection Variablesansible_become ansible_become_user ansible_become_pass variables (sudo)ansible_date_time variable ansible_hostname (local server hostname)Variables in /etc/ansible/hosts or your own inventory fileFiles/etc/ansible/hosts file SSH Configuration file (ansible.cfg)FiltersGetting Started with Filters int filter (integers)last filter lower filter max filter min filter regex_replace regex_search sort filter split (cut a string into pieces)upper filterHandlersHandlers NotifyInstallInstall 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 TowerInventoryansible-inventory --graph command ansible-inventory --list commandInventory (dynamic)Getting Started with the Dynamic Inventory Plugin advanced_host_list inventory plugin host_list inventory plugin ini inventory plugin nmap inventory plugin vmware_vm_inventory Plugin yaml inventory pluginInventory (static)Getting Started with Static Inventory (managed nodes / hosts)Inventory file format (INI vs YAML)Inventory groups (all | unmanaged | 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_default_ipv4.address magic variable ansible_distribution magic variable ansible_distribution_major_version magic variable ansible_distribution_version 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 (managed node hostname)inventory_hostname_short magic variable (managed node hostname)Modulesarchive module (tar zip bzip2 gzip)blockinfile module (edit file)command module (invoking a command)copy module cron module curl module debug module (printing output to the console)fail module (skip tasks)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 (remove directory rmdir)file module (remove file)find module (list files and directories)firewalld module get_url module import_playbook module include_tasks module iptables module lineinfile module (edit file)mail module (send email)meta clear_host_errors module (continue fail fatal)move module ping 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 yum module (install update package)yum module (list available installed packages)Parametersbecome parameter (root, sudo)changed_when parameter check_mode parameter (dry run)connection parameter delay parameter delegate_to parameter (run task on specific server)end_play parameter failed_when parameter (skip tasks)gather_facts parameter group parameter local_action parameter loop parameter (loop through array)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 parameter (if else statement)when x.stat.exists parameter (determine if a file or directory exists)when x.stat.isdir parameter (determine if object is a directory)with_items parameter (loop through array)with_nested loop parameterplaybooksGetting Started with playbooksPluginslookup plugin (read local file)Pythonansible command python version ansible_python_interpreter variableRegular Expressions (regex)escape wildcard in Regular Expressions (regex)RetryRetry fileRolesGetting Started with Roles post_tasks pre_tasks Role Dependencies Role Duplication Role Variables Roles with the when moduleSSHGetting Started with SSH Using an encrypted password with SSHStrategiesFree Strategy Linear StrategyTagsGetting Started with TagsTemplatesGetting Started with TemplatesTerminologyidempotent parallelismTowerGetting 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 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 group_vars variable play_hosts variable Update variable to lowercase Update variable to uppercase vars parameter (variables, arrays, lists)