Ansible Roles
- Ansible Roles lets us automatially load vars, files, tasks, handlers and other Ansible artifacts based on a known folder/file structure
- Role directory structure
- To create a role directory
ansible-galaxy role init <role-name> - Refer Here for the basic role structure
- To understand creating roles, lets create a role for install tomcat 9
- Refer Here for the changes done in the classroom to convert the playbook for install tomcat9 into a reusable playbook.
Ansible Collections
- Collections are distribution format for ansible content that include playbooks, roles, modules and plugins.
- Refer Here for basic collection structure
- Collections can be installed from git locations
ansible-galaxy collection install git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql
Topics left
- Ansible forks
- Ansible Vault
- Ansible Tower
