Ansible and Infrastructure as Code: Idempotency and Best Practices
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Kiril Urbonas
3 months ago • 1 min read•Updated 2 weeks ago•16 views
Write Ansible playbooks that are idempotent, readable, and maintainable for config management.
Ansible is a strong choice for config management and ad-hoc automation. Use these practices to keep playbooks safe and maintainable.
- name: Ensure package installed
ansible.builtin.apt:
name: nginx
state: present
- name: Ensure config present
ansible.builtin.template:
src: app.conf.j2
dest: /etc/app/app.conf
notify: restart app
Ansible scales from one-off fixes to full fleet management when you keep playbooks idempotent and well-organized.
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