ansible

When to use this skill

Use this skill whenever the user wants to:

• Write Ansible playbooks, roles, or inventory files
• Execute ad-hoc commands or run playbooks against hosts
• Use modules (package, copy, template, service, user, etc.) for configuration and deployment
• Handle variables, conditionals, loops, and error handling in Ansible
• Set up Ansible Vault for secrets management

How to use this skill

Workflow

1. Define inventory — list target hosts in INI or YAML format
2. Write playbook — define hosts, tasks, handlers, and vars in YAML
3. Organize with roles — extract reusable tasks, templates, and defaults into roles
4. Run and validate — execute with ansible-playbook and verify idempotency

Quick Start Example