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- name: "The First Order" hosts: webservers become: true tasks: - name: Ensure Apache is at the latest version ansible.builtin.yum: name: httpd state: latest - name: Ensure Apache is running ansible.builtin.service: name: httpd state: started enabled: true She pointed it at three test VMs. She held her breath. She ran the command. demystifying ansible automation platform pdf
"Automation is not about replacing humans. It is about freeing them. When you demystify the platform, you discover that the most complex infrastructure, when described as code, becomes a poem. Each playbook a stanza. Each task a word. And the order you seek was always within your grasp—waiting for you to write it down." The first few pages were a lie