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Ansible

List all tags

ansible-playbook -i host.targets -v site.yml --list-tags

Start at a specific task (life savior)

ansible-playbook -i host.targets -v site.yml --start-at-task "The audacious task"

List hosts

ansible-playbook -i host.targets -v site.yml --list-hosts

Limit hosts

ansible-playbook -i host.targets -v site.yml --limit hostname

Jinja2, templates & carriage return

To tell Jinja2 to not mess with carriage return in templates add

#jinja2: trim_blocks:False
---

at the top of the template file

Import vs include (kudos @href)

If you want to exec a sets of tasks when a condition is true, use import_tasks.

- name: Include init tasks
  import_tasks: init.yml
  tags:
    - init
  when: proof.stat.exists == False

ìnclude_tasks will add all tasks to play run, even if the when condition is false.