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title: Ansible: getting started
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### Install Ansible

~~~ sh
$ brew install ansible            # OSX
$ [sudo] pip install ansible      # elsewhere
~~~

### Start your project

~~~ sh
~$ mkdir setup
~$ cd setup
~~~

### Create an inventory file

This is a list of hosts you want to manage, grouped into groups. (Hint: try
using 127.0.0.1 to deploy to your local machine)

~~~ dosini
# ~/setup/hosts

[sites]
127.0.0.1
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3
~~~

### Create your first Playbook

~~~ yaml
# ~/setup/playbook.yml

- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  user: root
  tasks:
    - name: install nginx
      apt: pkg=nginx state=present

    - name: start nginx every bootup
      service: name=nginx state=started enabled=yes

    - name: do something in the shell
      shell: echo hello > /tmp/abc.txt

    - name: install bundler
      gem: name=bundler state=latest
~~~

### Run it

~~~ sh
~/setup$ ls
hosts
playbook.yml

~/setup$ ansible-playbook -i hosts playbook.yml
PLAY [all] ********************************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]

TASK: [install nginx] *********************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]

TASK: start nginx every bootup] ***********************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]
...
~~~

### Read more

  * http://lowendbox.com/blog/getting-started-with-ansible/
  * http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/modules.html