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Trevor_Chandler
Mission Specialist
Mission Specialist
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Ansible playbook

Hello all,

I was reading a resource that was covering some fundamentals on Ansible, and when I got to the short section on modules, the following sentence appeared:  "When used in a task, a module generally ensures that some particular aspect of the machine
is in a particular state."

What's prompting a query from me is the piece that I've highlighted in red. I immediately
asked myself why the need to begin the sentence with "When used in a task".  In a
playbook, is a module used in any place other than a task?  

Thanks all.

 

 

 

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BramMertens
Flight Engineer
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Hi,

You can use modules in ad hoc commands as well.

E.g.

ansible atlanta -m ansible.builtin.copy -a "src=/etc/hosts dest=/tmp/hosts"

 But the sentence you posted applies to ad hoc commands as well.

I can't think of any way to use a module where this would not apply.

HTH

RHCE 100-015-239
Trevor_Chandler
Mission Specialist
Mission Specialist
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It helped very much.

Many thanks Bran.

 

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andkra
Flight Engineer Flight Engineer
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Hello,

hold in mind ...

One playbook (yml file) consists of one or more plays which run one or more tasks against one or more hosts. 

Playbook (yml file)
|-- Play
|----Tasks
|------ Task with one module (eg. debug, user, copy, ...)
|------ Task with one module (eg. debug, user, copy, ...)
|------ Task with one module (eg. debug, user, copy, ...)
|-- Play
|----Tasks
|------ Task with one module (eg. debug, user, copy, ...)
|------ Task with one module (eg. debug, user, copy, ...)

 

Regards
Andreas

Trevor_Chandler
Mission Specialist
Mission Specialist
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Very big help!!!

Thanks Andkra.

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JG_Kootstra
Flight Engineer Flight Engineer
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Hi @Trevor_Chandler ,

As @andkra and @BramMertens mention, we cannot come up with a situation where modules are used outside of a task. It just meant to clarify the usage, it may look like overhead.

ansible adhoc IHMO is just starting a single task outside a playbook.

Regards,

Jan Gerrit

Trevor_Chandler
Mission Specialist
Mission Specialist
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Wonderful explanation JG.
Very big help.

Many thanks!!!!

 

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