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B. Choi, E. MedinaIntroduction to Ansible Network Automationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9624-0_9

9. Learning Ansible Basic Concepts III: Git, Tags, Managing Files, and Services

Brendan Choi1   and Erwin Medina1
(1)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
 

In this chapter, we delve into some more basic concepts in Ansible, including using GitHub to upload and share your playbooks or backing up your important work files. You will start with a step-by-step guide on how to get started with GitHub, create and upload playbooks, and utilize the cowsay feature. Next, we explore the Ansible tag concept, which allows you to selectively run specific tasks in a playbook, saving ...

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