Best practice use Ansible

Best practices for using Ansible involve structuring your projects for scalability, maintainability, and security. Here are key recommendations:

1. Use a Consistent Directory Structure

Organize your Ansible projects using a consistent directory structure. A typical structure might look like this:

production                # inventory file for production servers
staging                   # inventory file for staging environment

group_vars/
   group1.yml             # variables for group1
   group2.yml             # variables for group2

host_vars/
   hostname1.yml          # variables for hostname1
   hostname2.yml          # variables for hostname2

library/                  # …

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