Automating Infrastructure: An Exploration of Ansible Playbooks in Action

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Overview

This repository contains a collection of Ansible playbooks that demonstrate how to automate various infrastructure tasks. Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.

The playbooks provided here serve as examples of how to use Ansible for common infrastructure tasks. They are designed to be easy to understand and serve as a starting point for your own automation projects.

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Prerequisites

Before using the Ansible playbooks, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:

Getting Started

Follow these steps to get started with the Ansible playbooks:

  1. Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/Automating-Infrastructure-An-Exploration-of-Ansible-Playbooks-in-Action.git
    cd Automating-Infrastructure-An-Exploration-of-Ansible-Playbooks-in-Action

Install the required roles (if any) using Ansible Galaxy:

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

Review the playbook files in the playbooks directory to understand what each playbook does.

Usage

To run a playbook, use the following command:

ansible-playbook playbooks/playbook_name.yml

Replace playbook_name.yml with name of the playbook you want to run.