Tell me how to write ansible playbooks and how would you define a CI/CD pipeline. What tools can you use for pipeline creation and how it works.

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Accepted Answer

Ansible playbooks automate configuration management. CI/CD pipeline automates software delivery. Tools include Jenkins, GitLab, and Travis CI.

Ansible playbooks are written in YAML format and define tasks to be executed on remote hosts.
CI/CD pipeline automates the software delivery process from code commit to production deployment.
Tools for pipeline creation include Jenkins, GitLab, Travis CI, and CircleCI.
Pipeline creation involves defining stages, jobs, and triggers to automate the build, test, and deployment process.
Ansible can be used in the pipeline to automate configuration management tasks.
Continuous integration ensures code changes are tested and integrated frequently, while continuous delivery ensures code changes are automatically deployed to production.
Continuous deployment takes it a step further by automatically deploying code changes to production without human intervention.

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1. YAML Format: Ansible playbooks are written in YAML.

2. Structure:

Hosts: Define target machines.

Tasks: Define actions like installing packages or modifying files.

Handlers: Trigger actions when tasks change state (e.g., restart a service).

Variables: Store values used across tasks.

Roles: Organize tasks, variables, and handlers for reuse.

Accepted Answer

Download the ansible

First configure the ansible after that run the Jenkins job

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