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Practical Ansible 2
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Practical Ansible 2

by Daniel Oh, James Freeman, Fabio Alessandro Locati
June 2020
Intermediate to advanced
410 pages
9h 52m
English
Packt Publishing
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Understanding the playbook framework

A playbook allows you to manage multiple configurations and complex deployments on many machines simply and easily. This is one of the key benefits of using Ansible for the delivery of complex applications. With playbooks, you can organize your tasks in a logical structure as tasks are (generally) executed in the order they are written, allowing you to have a good deal of control over your automation processes. With that said, it is possible to perform tasks asynchronously, so where tasks are not executed in sequence, we will highlight this. Our goal is that once you complete this chapter, you will understand the best practices for writing your own Ansible playbooks.

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ISBN: 9781789807462