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Ansible - create playbooks and role file and folder structure
Published: 08-09-2016 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article
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Because I always forget which folders and files go into a playbook folder. Based on the best practices page
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To create a new Ansile project:
mkdir -p new_project
cd new_project
# inventory and master playbook
touch production staging site.yml
# folders
mkdir -p group_vars host_vars library filter_plugins
To create a role with all the folders (role is named common):
mkdir -p roles/common/{tasks,handlers,templates,files,vars,defaults,meta}
touch roles/common/{tasks,handlers,templates,files,vars,defaults,meta}/main.yml