LAB3.md

Lab 3 - Using collections

1. Using collections in playbook.

• Reference a collection content by its fully qualified collection name (FQCN).
• Using FQCN is recommended option.

- hosts: all
  tasks:
   - name: Execute module from collection
     my_namespace.my_collection.module:
      option1: value
      option2: value
       ...

2. Importing role from collection.

• Import role in playbook.

- hosts: all
  tasks:
   - name: Import role from collection
     import_role:
      name: my_namespace.my_collection.role_name

or simply

- hosts: all
  collections:
    - my_namespace.my_collection

  tasks:
    - name: Import role from collection
      import_role:
       name: role_name

3. First play example.

• Put FQCN as module name.
• Simple builtin modules usage example.
• List of builtin content: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/index.html .

# Inventory file:
[lab]
managed_server  ansible_connection=local

# first_play.yml
- hosts: all
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
   - name: Simple ping
     ansible.builtin.ping:

   - name: Check ssh service
     ansible.builtin.service:
      name: ssh
      state: started

# run
ansible-playbook -i inventory first_play.yml

4. More examples in Lab 4.