Spaces are everything, Mr Rowe. Thanks for the hint for my vars.yml issue,
(application list in a separate vars.yml file) which is now working as
expected. Still takes forever (relatively speaking) to install the apps,
but It's helping me make the actual playbook more readable.
I wish there was
vars files look like other yml files.
---
my_var1: my_value
my_var2:
- my_list_of_values
Hope that helps.
Walter
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On Aug 29, 2022, at 10:02 AM, Kevin Shumaker
mailto:kevin.shuma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Many thank
Many thanks for rapid responses.
re: need of a 'state: present' parameter
- It does not seem to need that line, and even if included, does not
make a difference in the amount of time taken.
re: vars files vs vars in playbook
- I have not been able to resolve issues with using any ver
Your last apt task .. does it need a 'state: present' parameter?
- name: install standard stuff
apt:
name: "{{ applications }}"
state: present
Do you support other families of Linux? If so you may want to consider storing
your vars in family-specific vars files and incl
Greetings all. I'd like to tap your knowledge to see if there is a way to
tweak a playbook to 'speed things up'. I have a list of apps that always
get installed to a new server. If I do them manually, as either a single
command:
apt install sendemail libio-socket-ssl-perl libnet-ssleay-perl perl
