Repo

https://gitlab.com/modle13/ansible-test

no cows

set nocows=1 because cows are annoying

inventory

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_inventory.html

example

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cat inventory/myhost 
[myhosts]
localhost              ansible_connection=local

config

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#ansible-configuration-settings-locations

Changes can be made and used in a configuration file which will be searched for in the following order:

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ANSIBLE_CONFIG (environment variable if set) ansible.cfg (in the current directory) ~/.ansible.cfg (in the home directory) /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

Ansible will process the above list and use the first file found, all others are ignored.

passwordless sudo

https://code-maven.com/enable-ansible-passwordless-sudo

playbooks

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/user_guide/playbooks_intro.html#basics

debug - print statements

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/modules/debug_module.html