At this point, we have absorbed a fair amount of framework decisions while creating our Ansible code. There is one new consideration that I want to offer up before getting started.
When stepping into the world of automating administrative tasks, you must always try to wear your system administrator hat. This means being able to think like one and attempt to predict any flexibility that you need to build into your code. Not every task will be an exact replica of the last. Adding the capability to adjust the parameters needed to execute a specific task is extremely helpful for an individual using your automation code. This can be accomplished by adding additional variables within your code and avoiding hard coding
command arguments, as much as possible. Yes, there are many good use cases for hard coding
items within your code. The point is to try to keep them to a minimum. You should always aim to think out of the box, as much as humanly possible.