Ansible Resources
=================

User contributed playbooks, modules, and articles.  This is a small curated list, but growing.  Everyone is encouraged to add to this document, 
just send in a pull request!

Ansible Modules
===============

Ansible modules are a way of adding new client-side logic to ansible.  They can be written in any language.

* [Official "core" ansible modules](http://ansible.cc/docs/modules.html) - various
* [mercurial](https://github.com/bradobro/ansible-module-mercurial) - bradobro
* [zypper (bash module example)](https://github.com/jpmens/ansible-zypp) - jp_mens
* [homebrew](https://gist.github.com/3170079) - swehack

Python modules using 0.6 and later can use the common "AnsibleModule" class to dramatically reduce
the amount of boilerplate code required.  Not all modules above yet take advantage of this feature.
See the official documentation for more details.

Selected Playbooks
==================

[Playbooks](http://ansible.cc/docs/playbooks.html) are Ansible's configuration management language.  It should
be easy to write your own from scratch for most applications, but it's always helpful to look at what others have
done for reference.

* [Hadoop](https://github.com/jkleint/ansible-contrib/tree/master/playbooks/hadoop_jkleint) - jkleint
* [LAMP](https://github.com/fourkitchens/server-playbooks) - [Four Kitchens](http://fourkitchens.com)
* [Ganglia (demo)](https://github.com/mpdehaan/ansible-examples) - mpdehaan
* [Nginx](http://www.capsunlock.net/2012/04/ansible-nginx-playbook.html) - cocoy
* [OpenStack](http://github.com/lorin/openstack-ansible) - lorin
* [Systems Configuration](https://github.com/cegeddin/ansible-contrib) - cegeddin

Callbacks and Plugins
=====================

The Ansible project has a whole repo devoted to extending ansible with new connection types, logging/event callbacks, and
inventory data storage.  Talk to Cobbler and EC2, tweak the way things are logged, or even add sound effects.

* [Ansible-Plugins](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/tree/devel/plugins)

Scripts And Misc
================

Ansible isn't just a program, it's also an API.  Here's some examples of some clever integrations with the "Runner" and
also Playbook APIs, and integrations with other interesting pieces of software.

* [Ansible Vagrant plugin](https://github.com/dsander/vagrant-ansible) - dsander
* [Ansible+Vagrant Tutorial](https://github.com/mattupstate/vagrant-ansible-tutorial) - mattupstate                                          - 
* [virt-install](http://fedorapeople.org/cgit/skvidal/public_git/scripts.git/tree/ansible/start-prov-boot.py) - skvidal
* [rebooting hosts](http://fedorapeople.org/cgit/skvidal/public_git/scripts.git/tree/ansible/host-reboot) - skvidal
* [uptime (API demo)](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/scripts/uptime.py) - mpdehaan                                                                                                                     

Blogs & Articles
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* [HighScalability.com](http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/4/18/ansible-a-simple-model-driven-configuration-management-and-c.html) - mpdehaan
* [ColoAndCloud.com interview](http://www.coloandcloud.com/editorial/an-interview-with-ansible-author-michael-dehaan/) - mpdehaan
* [dzone](http://server.dzone.com/articles/ansible-cm-deployment-and-ad) - Mitch Pronschinske
* [Configuration Management With Ansible](http://jpmens.net/2012/06/06/configuration-management-with-ansible/) - jp_mens
* [Shell Scripts As Ansible Modules](http://jpmens.net/2012/07/05/shell-scripts-as-ansible-modules/) - jp_mens
* [Ansible Facts](http://jpmens.net/2012/07/15/ansible-it-s-a-fact/) - jp_mens
* [Infrastructure as Data](http://www.capsunlock.net/2012/04/ansible-infrastructure-as-data-not-infrastructure-as-code.html) - cocoy
* [Ansible Pull Mode](http://www.capsunlock.net/2012/05/using-ansible-pull-and-user-data-to-setup-ec2-or-openstack-servers.html) - cocoy
* [Exploring Configuration Management With Ansible](http://palominodb.com/blog/2012/08/01/exploring-configuration-management-ansible) - Palamino DB                              
* [You Should Consider Using SSH Based Configuration Management](http://www.lshift.net/blog/2012/07/30/you-should-consider-using-ssh-based-configuration-management) - LShift Ltd
* [Deploying Flask/uWSGI, Nginx, and Supervisorctl](http://mattupstate.github.com/python/devops/2012/08/07/flask-wsgi-application-deployment-with-ubuntu-ansible-nginx-supervisor-and-uwsgi.html) - mattupstate

Disclaimer
==========

Modules and playbooks here may not be using the latest in Ansible features.   When in doubt to the features of
a particular version of Ansbile, always consult [ansible.cc](http://ansible.cc) and in particular
see [Best Practices](http://ansible.cc/docs/bestpractices.html) for some tips and tricks that may be useful.

Ansible is (C) 2012, [Michael DeHaan](http://twitter.com/laserllama) and others and is available under the GPLv3 license.  Content here is as specified
by individual contributors.