Index

A

• add_host module / The add_host module
• Ansible
  • hardware requisites / Hardware and software required
  • software requisites / Hardware and software required
  • installing / Installation methods
  • installing, from distribution / Installing from your distribution
  • installing, from pip / Installing from pip
  • installing, from source code / Installing from the source code
  • setting up / Setting up Ansible
  • setting up, on Windows / Setting it up on Windows
  • modules / First steps with Ansible
  • roles, managing / Roles
  • directories / Roles
  • tags / Tags
  • pull mode / Ansible's pull mode
  • push mode / Ansible's pull mode
  • documentation, URL / Summary
• Ansible, extending
  • about / Extending Ansible
  • connection plugins / Connection plugins
  • lookup plugins / Lookup plugins
  • filter plugins / Filter plugins
  • callback plugins / Callback plugins
• ansible-doc command
  • about / Module help
• assemble module / The assemble module
• AWS modules
  • about / The AWS modules

B

• Bash
  • modules, writing / Writing a module in Bash

C

• callback plugins
  • about / Callback plugins
• check mode / The check mode
• Cloud Infrastructure modules
  • AWS modules / The AWS modules
• cloud Infrastructure modules
  • about / Cloud Infrastructure modules
• command module
  • about / First steps with Ansible
• Configuration Management Database (CMDB) / External inventories
• connection plugins
  • about / Connection plugins
  • connect() method / Connection plugins
  • exec_command() method / Connection plugins
  • put_file() method / Connection plugins
  • fetch_file() method / Connection plugins
  • close() method / Connection plugins
• controller machine
  • about / Hardware and software required
• copy module
  • about / First steps with Ansible

D

• data
  • processing / Processing data
• debug module / The debug module
• directories
  • tasks folder / Roles
  • files folder / Roles
  • templates directory / Roles
  • handlers folder / Roles
  • vars folder / Roles
  • meta folder / Roles
  • default folder / Roles
• distribution
  • Ansible, installing / Installing from your distribution

E

• environment variables
  • about / Environment variables
• EPEL
  • URL / Installing from your distribution
• external inventory script
  • about / External inventories

F

• file module
  • about / First steps with Ansible
• files
  • with variables, searching / Finding files with variables
• filter plugins
  • about / Filter plugins

G

• groups variable / The groups variable
• group_by module / The group_by module
• group_names variable / The group_names variable
• group_names variables / Extra variables

H

• handler includes
  • about / Includes, Handler includes
• handlers section
  • about / The handlers section
• hostvars variable / The hostvars variable

I

• includes
  • about / Includes
  • variable includes / Includes
  • playbook includes / Includes
  • Task includes / Includes
  • handler includes / Includes
• installation, Ansible
  • from distribution / Installing from your distribution
  • from pip / Installing from pip
  • from source code / Installing from the source code
• inventory_dir variable / The inventory_dir variable
• inventory_file variable / The inventory_file variable
• inventory_hostname variable / The inventory_hostname variable
• inventory_hostname_short variable / The inventory_hostname_short variable
• ISC DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server / The handlers section

J

• jq
  • URL / Writing a module in Bash
• jsawk
  • URL / Writing a module in Bash

L

• lookup plugins / Looping
  • about / External data lookups, Lookup plugins
• looping / Looping

M

• managed machine
  • about / Hardware and software required
• module
  • conditional execution / Conditional execution
• modules
  • about / First steps with Ansible
  • ping module / First steps with Ansible
  • setup module / First steps with Ansible
  • file module / First steps with Ansible
  • copy module / First steps with Ansible
  • command module / First steps with Ansible
  • shell module / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible-doc command / Module help
  • writing, in Bash / Writing a module in Bash
  • custom module, using / Using a custom module
  • writing, in Python / Writing modules in Python
  • run_command / Writing modules in Python
  • exit_json / Writing modules in Python
  • fail_json / Writing modules in Python

O

• operations
  • running, in parallel / Running operations in parallel

P

• pause module / The pause module, The pause module
• ping module
  • about / First steps with Ansible
• pip
  • about / Installation methods
  • Ansible, installing / Installing from pip
• playbook includes / Includes
  • about / Playbook includes
• playbook modules
  • about / The playbook modules
  • template module / The template module
  • set_fact module / The set_fact module
  • pause module / The pause module
  • wait_for module / The wait_for module
  • assemble module / The assemble module
  • add_host module / The add_host module
  • group_by module / The group_by module
  • slurp module / The slurp module
• playbooks, debugging
  • about / Debugging playbooks
  • debug module / The debug module
  • verbose mode / The verbose mode
  • check mode / The check mode
  • pause module / The pause module
• provisioning
  • about / Provisioning
• pull mode
  • about / Ansible's pull mode
• push mode
  • about / Ansible's pull mode
• Python
  • modules, writing / Writing modules in Python

R

• results
  • storing / Storing results
• roles
  • about / Roles
  • setting up / Roles
  • managing, in Ansible / Roles
  • metadata / Role metadata
  • defaults / Role defaults

S

• secrets
  • storing / Storing secrets
• setup module
  • about / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_architecture field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_distribution field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_distribution_version field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_domain field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_fqdn field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_interfaces field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_kernel field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_memtotal_mb field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_processor_count field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_virtualization_role field / First steps with Ansible
  • ansible_virtualization_type field / First steps with Ansible
• set_fact module / The set_fact module
• shell module
  • about / First steps with Ansible
• slurp module / The slurp module
• source code
  • Ansible, installing / Installing from the source code

T

• tags
  • about / Tags
• target section
  • about / The target section
  • sudo / The target section
  • user / The target section
  • sudo_user / The target section
  • connection / The target section
  • gather_facts / The target section
• task
  • delegating / Task delegation
• task includes
  • about / Includes, Task includes
• task section
  • about / The task section
• template module
  • about / The template module

U

• Ubuntu PPA
  • URL, for setting up / Installing from your distribution

V

• variable includes / Includes
• variable section
  • about / The variable section
• verbose mode / The verbose mode

W

• wait_for module / The wait_for module
• Windows
  • Ansible, setting up / Setting it up on Windows
• Windows playbook modules
  • about / Windows playbook modules