How to wait for service activation during Ansible playbook execution

Wait for service activation during Ansible playbook execution.

May 19, 2023 · milosz · Ansible

How to lookup specific element in Ansible dictionary or list of these

Lookup specific element in Ansible dictionary or list of these.

September 26, 2022 · milosz · Ansible

How to execute multiple Ansible tasks once per group

Execute multiple Ansible tasks once per group and use a dedicated variable to store custom data.

January 28, 2022 · milosz · Ansible

How to wait until service is running inside ansible playbook

Wait until service is stopped or running inside ansible playbook.

January 12, 2022 · milosz · Ansible

How to define cluster groups in Ansible inventory

Define cluster groups in Ansible inventory.

December 24, 2021 · milosz · Ansible

How to create Ansible filters

Create Ansible filters to work with Apache Flume configuration.

How to dynamically define Ansible SSH user

Create an additional Ansible role to dynamically set Ansible SSH user depending on the defined conditionals.

March 10, 2021 · milosz · Ansible

How to combine group variables with specific names

I have already described how to combine group variables by parsing group configuration files, so today I will describe how to combine group variables with specific names.

February 1, 2021 · milosz · Ansible

How to combine group variables by parsing group configuration files

Group variables are overwritten, not merged, this is an expected behaviour, but can by circumvented by parsing group configuration files.

January 25, 2021 · milosz · Ansible

How to display ansible configuration settings that have changed from the default

Display Ansible configuration settings that have changed from the default.

January 18, 2021 · milosz · Ansible

How to store and visualize playbook events

Use JUnit callback plugin to store and Allure Framework to visualize ansible playbook events.

How to access ansible facts regardless of the target limits

Access required ansible facts regardless of the target limits on a particular run.

January 4, 2021 · milosz · Ansible

How to increase the number of connection attempts when using ansible

Increase the number of connection attempts when using ansible utility.

How to temporarily stop auditd daemon

Disable auditd daemon during operating system image build process to prevent unnecessary log spikes.

How to instruct Ansible to use specific version of Python

Instruct Ansible to use a specific version of Python interpreter on the remote host.