script to create ansible playbook structure

create-ansible-playbook-template.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script to create ansible playbook directories

# define your roles here
roles=(upgrade packages)
directories=(tasks handlers files default vars templates)

# create playbook
mkdir global_vars

for i in ${roles[@]}; do
  for j in ${directories[@]}; do
    mkdir -p ${i}/${j}
  done
done
exit 0

one liner : mkdir group_vars host_vars plugins library roles/role{1..3}/{tasks,templates,handlers,files,vars,defaults,meta} -p

ansible-galaxy create rolename

u can run

ansible-galaxy init <rollename>

by ansible-galaxy version 2.2.1.0

@MrTB well ansible-galaxy generates role not a playbook.

👍 @MrTB
@holms the wording of the gist's title is off.

This is a top result on Google when searching for an easy way to create Ansible playbooks. I have seriously tweaked it to make it a user-friendly program instead of a template which needed to be edited each run.

https://gist.github.com/Hobadee/37f215dc0621b35830331c82fd0d4279

one liner : mkdir group_vars host_vars plugins library roles/role{1..3}/{tasks,templates,handlers,files,vars,defaults,meta} -p

mkdir -p group_vars host_vars plugins library roles/role{1..3}/{tasks,templates,handlers,files,vars,defaults,meta}
Move the -p to the left ;)