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Ansible Playbook Structure

Writing playbooks

Playbooks define automation workflows. Here is the structure you'll use.

---
- name: Configure VLANs on switches
  hosts: switches
  gather_facts: no
  
  tasks:
    - name: Create VLAN 100
      cisco.ios.ios_vlans:
        config:
          - vlan_id: 100
            name: SERVERS
        state: merged

Playbook elements:

name: Describes what the playbook does
hosts: Which inventory group to target
gather_facts: Whether to collect device information first
tasks: List of actions to perform