Beginning Ansible Concepts and Application: Provisioning, Configuring, and Managing Servers, Applications, and Their Dependencies

© Peter Membrey and Shaun R Smith 2022

S. R. Smith, P. MembreyBeginning Ansible Concepts and Applicationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8173-4_3

3. Choosing Your Targets

Shaun R Smith¹   and Peter Membrey²

(1)

Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

(2)

Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

In the previous chapter, we created what we called a very simple inventory file, so you could be forgiven for thinking it isn’t all that important. Nothing could be further from the truth. The inventory file is pivotal to your Ansible journey, and mastering it is the key to effectively managing large, complex configurations of servers.

Imagine for a moment that you jump into the driving seat of your car, you’ve put your safety belt on, started the engine, checked the fuel level, and ...