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Getting Started with Ansibleansible-doc commandGetting Started with the ansible-doc commandansible-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 python version ansible command versionAnsible GalaxyGetting Started with Ansible Galaxy Ansible Galaxy websiteCommand Line Options and Flags--ask-pass and --ask-become-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 optionConnection 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)HandlersHandlers NotifyInstallInstall Ansible on Linux Install Ansible Tower on Linux Uninstall Ansible TowerJSONGetting Started parsing JSON Loop through JSON array Store JSON value in variableLogsGetting Started with Logs (log_path)Managed Nodes (hosts / inventory)Getting Started with Managed Nodes (hosts / inventory)Managed Nodes file format (INI vs YAML)Managed Nodes groups (all | unmanaged | other)Modulesarchive module (tar zip bzip2 gzip)become module (sudo)blockinfile module (edit file)changed_when module check_mode (dry run)command module (invoking a command)connection module copy module curl module debug module (printing output to the console)delegate_to module (run task on specific server)end_play module fail module (skip tasks)failed_when 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)gather_facts module get_url module import_playbook module include_tasks module lineinfile module (edit file)lookup module (read local file)loop module (loop through list)mail module (send email)meta clear_host_errors module (continue fail fatal)module_defaults module move module ping module post_tasks module pre_tasks module raw module (execute a command)register module (stdout stderr rc)remote_user module 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)slurp module (read file)stat module (file statistics)systemd module (start stop restart services)unarchive module (tar zip bzip2 gzip)until module (loop)uri module vars module (variables)warnings module (warn: true, warn: false)when module (if else statement)when x.stat.exists module (determine if a file or directory exists)when x.stat.isdir module (determine if object is a directory)with_items module (loop through list)with_nested loop yum module (install package)yum module (list available installed packages)playbooksGetting Started with playbooksRegular Expressions (regex)escape wildcard in Regular Expressions (regex)regex_replace split (cut a string into pieces)RolesGetting Started with Roles 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 Start Stop Restart Ansible TowerTroubleshootingResolve "Destination not writable"Resolve "Failed to connect to the host via ssh Permission denied"Resolve "non-zero return code"Resolve "There was an issue creating as requested: [Erroro 13] Permission denied"VariablesGetting Started with variables ansible_default_ipv4.address variable ansible_distribution variable ansible_distribution_major_version variable ansible_distribution_version variable ansible_python_interpreter variable group_vars variable hostvars variable inventory_hostname variable (managed node hostname)inventory_hostname_short variable (managed node hostname)play_hosts variable Update variable to lowercase Update variable to uppercase