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Chapter 2. Workflow for developing automation content

2.1. Workflow

2.1.1. Create

In the create stage, you create a new playbook project locally, using VS Code. The following is a typical workflow:

  1. Install and run the Ansible extension in VS Code.
  2. Scaffold a playbook project from VS Code.
  3. Add playbook files to your project and edit them in VS Code.

2.1.2. Test

  1. Debug your playbook with the help of ansible-lint.
  2. Select or create an automation execution environment so that your local environment replicates the environment on Ansible Automation Platform.
  3. Run your playbooks from VS Code, using ansible-playbook or using ansible-navigator with an execution environment.
  4. Test your playbooks by running them on an execution environment that replicates your production environment.

2.1.3. Deploy

  1. Push your playbooks project to a source control repository.
  2. Set up credentials on Ansible Automation Platform to pull from your source control repository and create a project for your playbook repository.
  3. If you have created an execution environment, push it to private automation hub.
  4. Create a job template on Ansible Automation Platform that runs a playbook from your project, and specify the execution environment that you want to use.
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