aishek / ansible_workshop

Setup

Need to run only once to eliminate access under root account.

make setup

Run

make provision

Security

ansible-vault encrypt_string 'secret' --name 'db_password'

Full reference

Debug

Use debugger

- name: Execute a command
  apt:
    name: "nano1"
  debugger: on_failed
  tags: test

Debugger Commands

Use debug module to output

- shell: /usr/bin/uptime
  register: result

- debug:
    var: result

- debug:
    msg:
    - What is this?
    - System {{ inventory_hostname }} has gateway {{ ansible_default_ipv4.gateway }}

Verbose output

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml -v ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml -vv ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml -vvv ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml -vvvv

Start at specific task

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml --start-at-task="install packages"

Step by Step execution

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml --step

Follow prompts, or cancel execution via Ctrl+C.