ansibledirectorylayout.md

• production - inventory file for production servers

• staging - inventory file for staging environment

• group_vars/

  • group1 - here we assign variables to particular groups
  • group2 - ""

• host_vars/

  • hostname1 - if systems need specific variables, put them here
  • hostname2 - ""

• library/ - if any custom modules, put them here (optional)

• filter_plugins/ - if any custom filter plugins, put them here

• site.yml - master playbook

• webservers.yml - playbook for webserver tier

• dbservers.yml - playbook for dbserver tier

• roles/

  • common/ - this hierarchy represents a "role"

    • tasks/ -
      • main.yml - <-- tasks file can include smaller files if warranted
    • handlers/
      • main.yml - <-- handlers file
    • templates/ - <-- files for use with the template resource
      • ntp.conf.j2 - <------- templates end in .j2
    • files/
      • bar.txt - <-- files for use with the copy resource
      • foo.sh - <-- script files for use with the script resource
    • vars/
      • main.yml - <-- variables associated with this role
    • defaults/
      • main.yml - <-- default lower priority variables for this role
    • meta/
      • main.yml - <-- role dependencies

  • webtier/ - same kind of structure as "common" was above, done for the webtier role

  • monitoring/ - ""

  • fooapp/ - ""