Index

A

• action plugins / Action plugins
• Ansible
  • version / Ansible version and configuration
  • configuration / Ansible version and configuration
  • plugins, developing / Developing plugins
  • dynamic inventory plugins, developing / Developing dynamic inventory plugins
• Ansible Galaxy
  • URL / Ansible Galaxy
  • about / Ansible Galaxy
• AnsibleModule method / Simple module
• any_errors_fatal option / The any_errors_fatal option

B

• behavioral inventory parameter / Inventory variable data
• built-in filters
  • default / default
  • count / count
  • random / random
  • round / round

C

• callback plugins / Callback plugins
• change
  • defining / Defining a change
  • command family, special handling / Special handling of the command family
  • suppressing / Suppressing a change
• check mode, simple module
  • about / Check mode
  • supporting / Supporting check mode
  • handling / Handling check mode
• code execution
  • debugging / Debugging code execution
• comparisions
  • about / Comparisons
• conditionals
  • about / Conditionals
  • inline conditionals / Inline conditionals
• connection type plugins / Connection type plugins
• connection variables / Connection variables
• contract strategy
  • about / Expanding and contracting
• control machine / Accessing external data
• ControlPersist / Task performance
• control structure
  • about / Control structures
  • conditionals / Conditionals
  • inline conditionals / Inline conditionals
  • loops / Loops
  • macros / Macros
• custom modules
  • about / Custom modules

D

• data
  • encrypting, at rest / Encrypting data at rest
• disruptions
  • managing / Minimizing disruptions
  • delaying / Delaying a disruption
  • destructive tasks, running only once / Running destructive tasks only once
• dot notation / Subelement versus Python object method
• DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) / Task, handler, variable, and playbook include concepts
• dynamic inventory plugins
  • developing / Developing dynamic inventory plugins, Simple inventory plugin
  • about / Developing dynamic inventory plugins
  • hosts, listing / Listing hosts
  • host variables, listing / Listing host variables

E

• encrypted files
  • new encrypted files, creating / Creating new encrypted files
  • password prompt / The password prompt
  • password file / The password file
  • password script / The password script
  • existing files, encrypting / Encrypting existing files
  • editing / Editing encrypted files
  • password rotation / Password rotation for encrypted files
  • decrypting / Decrypting encrypted files
  • ansible-playbook, encrypting with Vault-encrypted files / Executing ansible-playbook with Vault-encrypted files
• errors
  • about / Failing fast
  • any_errors_fatal option / The any_errors_fatal option
  • max_fail_percentage option / The max_fail_percentage option
  • handlers, forcing / Forcing handlers
• expand strategy
  • about / Expanding and contracting
• extra-vars / Extra-vars

F

• fact caching plugins / Fact caching plugins
• failure
  • defining / Defining a failure
  • errors, ignoring / Ignoring errors
  • error condition, defining / Defining an error condition
• filter
  • about / Data manipulation
  • syntax / Syntax
  • built-in filters / Useful built-in filters
  • custom filters / Useful Ansible provided custom filters
  • task status related / Filters related to task status
  • shuffle / shuffle
  • dealing, with path names / Filters dealing with path names
  • basename filter / basename
  • dirname filter / dirname
  • expanduser filter / expanduser
  • Base64 encoding / Base64 encoding
  • content, searching for / Searching for content
  • undefined arguments, omitting / Omitting undefined arguments
• filter plugins / Filter plugins

H

• handlers
  • including / Including handlers
• HAProxy behavior / Inventory variable data

I

• in-place upgrades
  • about / In-place upgrades
• included tasks
  • variable values, passing / Passing variable values to included tasks
  • complex data, passing / Passing complex data to included tasks
• inventory
  • parsing / Inventory parsing and data sources
  • static inventory / The static inventory
  • variable data / Inventory variable data
  • dynamic inventories / Dynamic inventories
  • run-time inventory additions / Run-time inventory additions
  • limiting / Inventory limiting
• inventory code
  • debugging / Debugging inventory code
• inventory variables / Variable types

L

• local code
  • about / Debugging local code
  • inventory code, debugging / Debugging inventory code
  • Playbook code, debugging / Debugging Playbook code
  • runner code, debugging / Debugging runner code
• logic
  • about / Logic
• lookup plugin / Accessing external data
• lookup plugins / Lookup plugins
• loops
  • about / Loops
  • items, filtering / Filtering loop items
  • indexing / Loop indexing

M

• macros
  • about / Macros
  • variables / Macro variables
  • name / name
• macros, variables
  • about / Macro variables
  • name / name
  • arguments / arguments
  • defaults / defaults
  • catch_kwargs / catch_kwargs
  • catch_varargs / catch_varargs
  • caller / caller
• max_fail_percentage option / The max_fail_percentage option
• module
  • transport / Module transport and execution, Module transport and execution
  • execution / Module transport and execution, Module transport and execution
  • reference / Module reference
  • arguments / Module arguments
  • task performance / Task performance
• modules
  • developing / Developing modules
  • construct / The basic module construct
  • custom modules / Custom modules
  • simple module / Simple module

P

• Playbook
  • logging / Playbook logging and verbosity, Logging
  • verbosity / Verbosity
• Playbook code
  • debugging / Debugging Playbook code
• Playbook parsing
  • about / Playbook parsing
  • operations, order / Order of operations
  • path assumptions / Relative path assumptions
  • Play behavior keys / Play behavior keys
  • plays and tasks, host selecting for / Host selection for plays and tasks
  • task, names / Play and task names
  • play, names / Play and task names
• playbooks
  • including / Including playbooks
• plugins
  • developing / Developing plugins
  • connection type plugins / Connection type plugins
  • shell plugins / Shell plugins
  • lookup plugins / Lookup plugins
  • vars plugins / Vars plugins
  • fact caching plugins / Fact caching plugins
  • filter plugins / Filter plugins
  • callback plugins / Callback plugins
  • action plugins / Action plugins
  • distributing / Distributing plugins
• Python object methods
  • about / Python object methods
  • string methods / String methods
  • list methods / List methods
  • int and float methods / int and float methods

R

• remote code
  • debugging / Debugging remote code
  • action plugins, debugging / Debugging the action plugins
• role application
  • about / Role application
• role default / Variable types
• role dependencies
  • about / Role dependencies
  • variables / Role dependency variables
  • tags / Tags
  • conditionals / Role dependency conditionals
• roles
  • about / Roles
  • structure / Role structure
  • and tasks, mixing / Mixing roles and tasks
  • sharing / Role sharing
  • Ansible Galaxy / Ansible Galaxy
• roles structure
  • about / Role structure
  • tasks / Tasks
  • handlers / Handlers
  • variables / Variables
  • modules / Modules
  • dependencies / Dependencies
  • files and templates / Files and templates
• role variables / Variable types
• runner code
  • debugging / Debugging runner code

S

• secrets
  • protecting, with operating / Protecting secrets while operating
  • transmitted, to remote hosts / Secrets transmitted to remote hosts
  • logged to remote or local files / Secrets logged to remote or local files
• shell plugins / Shell plugins
• simple inventory plugin
  • about / Simple inventory plugin
  • script performance, optimizing / Optimizing script performance
• simple module
  • about / Simple module
  • documentation / Module documentation
  • fact data, providing / Providing fact data
  • check mode / Check mode
• static inventory / The static inventory

T

• tasks
  • about / Including tasks
  • variable values, passing to included tasks / Passing variable values to included tasks
  • complex data, passing to included tasks / Passing complex data to included tasks
  • conditional task includes / Conditional task includes
  • included tasks, tagging / Tagging included tasks
• tests
  • about / Tests

V

• values, comparing
  • about / Comparing values
• variable
  • types / Variable types
  • play variables / Variable types
  • task variables / Variable types
  • fact modules / Variable types
  • extra variables / Variable types
  • external data, accessing / Accessing external data
• variable introspection
  • about / Variable introspection
  • variable sub elements / Variable sub elements
• variable precedence
  • about / Variable precedence
  • order / Precedence order
  • extra vars / Extra-vars
  • connection variables / Connection variables
  • most everything else / Most everything else
  • inventory variables / The rest of the inventory variables
  • discovered facts variables / Facts discovered about a system
  • role defaults / Role defaults
  • hashes, merging / Merging hashes
• variables
  • including / Including variables
  • vars_files / vars_files
  • dynamic vars_files inclusion / Dynamic vars_files inclusion
  • include_vars / include_vars
  • extra-vars / extra-vars
• variable sub elements
  • about / Variable sub elements
  • versus Python object method / Subelement versus Python object method
• variable values
  • passing, to included tasks / Passing variable values to included tasks
• vars plugins / Vars plugins
• Vault
  • about / Things Vault can encrypt