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Mastering Python Networking
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Mastering Python Networking

by Eric Chou
June 2017
Intermediate to advanced
446 pages
10h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
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The Ansible architecture

The Ansible architecture consist of playbooks, plays, and tasks. Take a look at previously df_playbook.yml:

Ansible Playbook

The whole file is called a playbook, which contains one ore more plays. Each play can consist of one or more tasks. In our simple example, we only have one play, which contains a single task. In this section, we will take a look at the following:

  • YAML: This format is extensively used in Ansible to express playbooks and variables.
  • Inventory: Inventory is where you can specify and group hosts in your infrastructure. You can also optionally specify host and group variables in the inventory file. ...
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