Introduction to Ansible Network Automation: A Practical Primer

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B. Choi, E. MedinaIntroduction to Ansible Network Automationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9624-0_8

8. Learning Ansible Basic Concepts II: Using when, Improving Playbook, and Targeting Nodes

Brendan Choi¹   and Erwin Medina¹

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Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

In this chapter, we will delve deeper into the basics of Ansible by exploring topics such as improving your playbook, using when conditionals, and targeting specific nodes. We will first review the considerations you should make before writing your Ansible playbooks, such as understanding idempotency, familiarizing yourself with Ansible error messages, and using the verbose mode to gain more information about ...