Ansible Create Alternative Directory Layout Structure

Ansible Alternative Directory Layout Structure

# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_best_practices.html#id12
inventories/
   production/
      hosts               # inventory file for production servers
      group_vars/
         group1.yml       # here we assign variables to particular groups
         group2.yml
      host_vars/
         hostname1.yml    # here we assign variables to particular systems
         hostname2.yml

   staging/
      hosts               # inventory file for staging environment
      group_vars/
         group1.yml       # here we assign variables to particular groups
         group2.yml
      host_vars/
         stagehost1.yml   # here we assign variables to particular systems
         stagehost2.yml

library/
module_utils/
filter_plugins/

site.yml
webservers.yml
dbservers.yml

roles/
    common/
    webtier/
    monitoring/
    fooapp/

command

mkdir -p inventories/{production,staging}/{group_vars,host_vars} && touch inventories/{production,staging}/hosts && mkdir -p group_vars host_vars library module_utils filter_plugins && mkdir -p roles/common/{tasks,handlers,templates,files,vars,defaults,meta,library,module_utils,lookup_plugins} && touch site.yml roles/common/{tasks,handlers,templates,files,vars,defaults,meta}/main.yml