Ansible Roles by Application

Create Roles based on Applications

To Create Role

cd /etc/ansible/roles

• Make a Directory for each role

Mkdir apache
mkdir phpmyadmin
mkdir tmux

• Create sub-directory tasks' within each directory

Mkdir apache/tasks
mkdir phpmyadmin/tasks
mkdir tmux/tasks

• Create yml file within these sub-directories

touch apache/tasks/main.yml
touch phpmyadmin/tasks/main.yml
touch tmux/tasks/main.yml

Write your yml file and install those apps

---
- name: install packages
  hosts: all
  roles:
  - apache
  - phpmyadmin
  - tmux