for medium

a.yml

- hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Install packages
      become: true
      package:
        name:
          - samba
          - httpd
          - nano
          - ruby
        state: present

    - name: Install pip modules
      become: true
      pip:
        name:
          - pytest-split-tests
          - bottle
          - pep8
          - flask
        state: present

ansible.cfg

[defaults]
strategy = mitogen_linear
strategy_plugins = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy

b.sh

export ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy
export ANSIBLE_STRATEGY=mitogen_linear

creating_files.svg

fetching_files.svg

ha.sh

alias pure-ansible-playbook='$(pwd)/pure_ansible/bin/ansible-playbook'
alias mitogen-ansible-playbook='ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy:$(pwd)/mitogen_ansible/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy ANSIBLE_STRATEGY=mitogen_linear $(pwd)/mitogen_ansible/bin/ansible-playbook'

mediumtest

test1

pip.sh

pip install mitogen

play.yaml

- hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Create files with copy content module
      copy:
        content: |
          test file {{ item }}
        dest: ~/file_{{item}}
      with_sequence: start=1 end={{ n }}

test1.sh

time mitogen-ansible-playbook file_creation.yml -i hosts -e n=10 &>/dev/null

real    0m2.603s
user    0m1.152s
sys     0m0.096s

time pure-ansible-playbook file_creation.yml -i hosts -e n=10 &>/dev/null

real    0m5.908s
user    0m1.745s
sys     0m0.643s

test2.bash

time pure-ansible-playbook file_creation.yml -i hosts -e n=100 &>/dev/null

real    0m51.775s
user    0m8.039s
sys     0m6.305s

time mitogen-ansible-playbook file_creation.yml -i hosts -e n=100 &>/dev/null

real    0m4.331s
user    0m1.903s
sys     0m0.197s

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uploading_files_multiple.svg

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