10 Ansible Tricks for Automation

Here are 10 practical Ansible tricks every DevOps engineer should know:

  1. Use `--limit` to target specific hosts dynamically
  2. Use `register` to capture command output
  3. Use `when` conditions with `ansible_facts` for smart playbooks
  4. Use `with_items` or `loop` for clean iteration
  5. Combine `tags` to control step execution
  6. Use `block/rescue` for fault-tolerant tasks
  7. Create reusable `roles` and `handlers`
  8. Use `set_fact` to manipulate variables on the fly
  9. Use `lookup` to read files or secrets
  10. Use `ansible.builtin.copy` with `content:` to avoid temp files
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