Ansible Syntax
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So I recently learned that you can use a YAML dictionary for your tasks instead of the normal
key=value
syntax. So for example this task:- name: Copy issue template template: src=issue.j2 dest=/etc/issue owner=root group=root mode=0644
is the same as:
- name: Copy issue template template: src: issue.j2 dest: /etc/issue owner: root group: root mode: 0644
At least to me the second way is easier to read, and is more in line with other CM tools like Puppet where that would be:
file { '/etc/issue': content => template('ssh/issue.erb'), owner => root, group => root, mode => 644, }