Ansiblecombinesconfigurationmanagement,orchestration,andparallelcommandexecutionintoasingletool.Itsbatteries-includedapproachandbuilt-inmodulelibrarymakesiteasytointegrateitwithcloudplatforms,databases,andnotificationserviceswithoutrequiringadditionalplugins.PlaybooksinAnsibledefinethepoliciesyoursystemsundermanagementenforce.Theyfacilitateeffectiveconfigurationmanagementratherthanrunningadhocscriptstodeploycomplexapplications.Thisbookwillshowyouhowtowriteablueprintofyourinfrastructureencompassingmulti-tierapplicationsusingAnsible'splaybooks.Beginningwiththebasicconceptssuchasplays,tasks,handlers,inventory,andtheYAMLsyntaxthatAnsibleuses,youwillseehowtoorganizeyourcodeintoamodularstructure.Buildingonthis,youwillmastertechniquestocreatedata-drivenplaybookswithvariables,templates,logicalconstructs,andencrypteddata.Thisbookwillalsotakeyouthroughadvancedclusteringconceptssuchasdiscoveringtopologyinformation,managingmultipleenvironments,andorchestration.Bytheendofthisbook,youwillbeabletodesignsolutionstoyourautomationandorchestrationproblemsusingplaybooksquicklyandefficiently.