Practical Ansible 2

Troubleshooting and Testing Strategies

In a similar way to any other kind of code, Ansible code can contain issues and bugs. Ansible tries to make it as safe as possible by checking the task syntax before the task is executed. This check, however, only saves you from a small number of possible types of errors, such as incorrect task parameters, but it will not protect you from others.

It's also important to remember that, due to its nature, in Ansible code, we describe the desired state rather than stating a sequence of steps to obtain the desired state. This difference means that the system is less prone to logical errors. Nevertheless, a bug in a Playbook could mean a potential misconfiguration on all of your machines. This should be taken ...