part 2

Question 1

what is a play ?

Answer 1

a play in Ansible is a set of tasks that are run on a group of remote computers. Think of it as a list of instructions that you want to execute on one or more computers to set them up or configure them in a specific way.

Question 2

what is a task?

Answer 2

a task is a single action that you want to perform on a remote host. Each task uses a module to execute a specific operation, such as installing a package, copying a file, starting a service, or running a command

Question 3

what is a module?

Answer 3

These are the different actions run by tasks.

Question 4

what is the command to check your playbook before running it ?

Answer 4

ansible-playbook [file name] - -check

Question 5

what is the command to check for any syntax errors in your playbook?

Answer 5

• -syntax-check

Question 6

what is a conditional statement in ansible?

Answer 6

A conditional statement in Ansible allows you to control whether a task or a set of tasks is executed based on certain conditions. Conditions in Ansible are defined using the when keyword, which evaluates an expression and determines if the task should run.