Chapter 6. Running Ansible playbooks with Automation content navigator

Procedure

1. Start Automation content navigator

   $ ansible-navigator

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2. Run the playbook.

   $ :run

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3. Optional: type ansible-navigator run simple-playbook.yml -i inventory.yml to run the playbook.

4. Verify or add the inventory and any other command line parameters.

   INVENTORY OR PLAYBOOK NOT FOUND, PLEASE CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING
   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      Path to playbook: /home/ansible-navigator_demo/simple_playbook.yml
      Inventory source: /home/ansible-navigator-demo/inventory.yml
     Additional command line parameters: Please provide a value (optional)
   ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
                                                              Submit Cancel

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5. Tab to Submit and hit Enter. You should see the tasks executing.

   

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6. Type the number next to a play to step into the play results, or type :<number> for numbers above 9.

   

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   Notice failed tasks show up in red if you have colors enabled for Automation content navigator.

7. Type the number next to a task to review the task results, or type :<number> for numbers above 9.

   

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8. Optional: type :doc bring up the documentation for the module or plugin used in the task to aid in troubleshooting.

   ANSIBLE.BUILTIN.PACKAGE_FACTS (MODULE)
     0│---
     1│doc:
     2│  author:
     3│  - Matthew Jones (@matburt)
     4│  - Brian Coca (@bcoca)
     5│  - Adam Miller (@maxamillion)
     6│  collection: ansible.builtin
     7│  description:
     8│  - Return information about installed packages as facts.
   <... output omitted ...>
    11│  module: package_facts
    12│  notes:
    13│  - Supports C(check_mode).
    14│  options:
    15│    manager:
    16│      choices:
    17│      - auto
    18│      - rpm
    19│      - apt
    20│      - portage
    21│      - pkg
    22│      - pacman
   
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