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Concatenate a complex string in Ansible
Constructing a long, complex string in Ansible can be achieved quite easily utilising Python string subsitution syntax. Suppose you have the following variables: app_protocol…
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Query instance specific information on AWS
When working in a dynamic environment you can use the following syntax to query an instance for information about itself. I found this very useful when needing to discover which…
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Ansible Tip - Referencing items from a hash
Let's say you are in the midst of writing an Ansible playbook and you need to reference multiple values from an 'item' in different places. Here's a neat code snippet that will…
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Ansible Tip - Using the expect module
Another Ansible top tip. Suppose you are running an installer or other process via Ansible which expects the user to be present accept a license agreement, enter some information…
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A quick introduction to Ansible Console
Managing multiple machines sucks. No matter how much you automate there are always going to be edge cases where you'd like to perform the same command on multiple machines…