When we write an Ansible playbook or role, we usually do so because we want to automate error-prone manual tasks. But if the Ansible playbook we wrote is unreliable, all we did is replace one source of problems with another. Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge, discipline, and help from appropriate tools, everyone can write a high quality Ansible playbook that will help you achieve reliable automation, saving you time and worry.
Here are the steps for shaping up your playbooks:
- Detect errors early and fix them right away.
- Enforce the desired state instead of executing actions.
- Detect deviations from the desired state (configuration drift).
- Test multiple ephemeral hosts with ease.
- Follow best practices.
- Detect potential issues based on the Collection analysis.
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