Ansible contd

Ansible Handlers

• Handlers: Refer Here
• Refer Here for the changes with handlers included
• Info.php copying step changed i.e. copied the file to meet desired state so restart executed
  
• Info.pyhp copying step was ok i.e. desired state is met so task did nothing, so restart not executed
  

Inventory

• Inventory in Ansible represents the hosts which we need to connect to.
• Ansible inventory is broadly classified into two types
  • static inventory: where we mention the list of nodes to connect to in some file
  • dynamic inventory: where we mention some script/plugin which will dynamically find out the nodes to connect to
• As of now lets focus on static inventory
• Refer Here for official docs on Ansible inventory
• Static inventory can be mentioned in two formats
  • ini
  • yaml
• Ini format: Refer Here
• Refer Here for the changes to include groups and same inventory across redhat and ubuntu instances
• list hosts
  
  
• YAML format:
• Refer Here for the inventory in yaml format