http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/index.html

Installing Ansible on Mac OS X

• Install pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
• sudo easy_install pip
• sudo pip install ansible

http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_installation.html#latest-releases-via-pip

Learning Ansible in Vagrant

Cloning Private Repos

• In Vagrant, use SSH Agent Forwarding: http://codingitwrong.com/2017/11/08/its-2017-and-cloning-private-repos-in-vagrant-is-still-terrible.html
• On a cloud server, I haven’t been able to get SSH agent forwarding working. Just copy a private key file to ~/.ssh/

Common Modules http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules_by_category.html

Misc

• command: simple commands that don’t need shell features
• docker_service: start containers
• git: clone repos
• service: restart services
• shell: full shell access including piping

Files

• copy: upload
• file: create dirs/symlinks/permissions
• get_url: curl
• lineinfile
• template: fill variables into a file

Packages

• apt (Ubuntu)
  • apt
  • apt_repository
• bundler
• composer
• gem
• homebrew:
  • cask
  • homebrew
  • tap
• npm
• pip
• yum (CentOS)
  • yum
  • yum_repository