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A Short Guide to Creating an Ansible Module

A Short Guide to Creating an Ansible Module

Learn to create custom Ansible modules for seamless automation

Suraj Dhakre

Ansible is a powerful open-source automation tool that allows you to manage configurations, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. One of the key features of Ansible is its extensibility, which is achieved through modules. Modules are standalone scripts that can be used inside an Ansible playbook. In this guide, we will walk you through the process of creating your own Ansible module.