Ansible Quick Start Guide

Using template files

It is recommended that you use modules that edit configuration files, such as lineinfile or blockinfile. These can help significantly with setting up standard configurations or updating old settings. However, when these files are automated, they cannot handle the small changes that can be identified easily when modifying manually, leading to unpredictable changes. There is no simple way of telling whether a configuration change will go as expected, especially for a large infrastructure. For this reason, it is recommended to use template files to act as base configuration files, scripts, or web pages. Still, we can use lineinfile or blockinfile as a backup plan. In these, the user knows exactly what to set up, what to ...