Ansible

What is Ansible?

• A tool to execute Linux commands only in many servers

• A tool for provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment

• A Software to assemble computer hardware.

What does orchestration in Ansible mean?

• Is the capability to analyze systems and make them faster

• Is the Director of a choir composed by ram, CPU, microchips, etc

• Is the handling of an orchestra composed by Databases, servers, monitoring systems, etc.

What does idempotency mean?

• The ability that Ansible has to connect with all servers within the

  Inventory

• The ability an operation has to be run multiple times without

  affecting the result

• The way Ansible runs playbooks each new time

What is the difference between play and playbook?

• A play is list of tasks, whereas a playbook is the file that contents a list of plays

• A play refers to the process of running a playbook, playbook is the file that contents a list of tasks

• A playbook is a module called to execute a task, whereas a play in the process of running that tasks

What does an Inventory do?

• Specify how many times do you want to run a playbook

• Specify the list of Host and groups where to apply the playbook

• Specify which playbooks apply to the current machine

What is the minimum necessary to execute a playbook in any host?

• Have Ansible installed, have an inventory, and a playbook

• Have an inventory, and a playbook

• Have Ansible installed, have a playbook