Dive Into Ansible - From Beginner to Expert in Ansible - Blocks

The video tutorial introduces the concept of blocks in Ansible, a feature added in version 2, which allows grouping tasks and provides error handling similar to try-catch in programming. It demonstrates how to use blocks in playbooks, highlighting the use of the 'name' keyword in Ansible 2.3. The tutorial explains error handling within blocks and provides a practical example using the rescue option to handle task failures, specifically when installing packages on different operating systems. The video concludes with a summary and a preview of the next topic, Vault.

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