Write and Run Your First Ansible Playbooks

Playbooks are the core of Ansible automation. They define the desired state of your infrastructure in YAML format and can span multiple plays targeting different host groups.

In this lab, you will:

• Write a multi-play playbook that installs and configures services on different host groups
• Use check mode and diff mode to safely preview changes
• Write a playbook that configures SSH server settings using lineinfile and handlers
• Run playbooks with ansible-navigator in stdout mode

Key Resources:

• Working with Playbooks
• ansible-navigator documentation