Now that we have a basic development environment setup, we are going to explore how to create Ansible modules by taking a look at the obligatory Hello World Ansible module implementation. By creating a Hello World module, we can get our feet wet in Ansible module development and learn the basic structures required for a successful implementation. Let's get started!
To begin our Hello World module, let's create a directory structure that reflects the following screenshot:
Once this structure has been created, let's begin filling in our Ansible Hello World module code. To accomplish this, alter the helloworld.py file to contain the following Python code:
#!/usr/bin/python
# The following Python code converts a simple "Hello Ansible" message into a json object
# for use with an Ansible module call
import json
message = "Hello Ansible"
print(json.dumps({
"Message" : message
}))Once the preceding code has been implemented, we will want an efficient way to...