Playbooks

Playbooks

Playbooks are the core of Jetpack automation.

Structure

A playbook is a YAML file containing one or more plays:

- name: Configure web servers
  hosts: webservers
  tasks:
    - name: Install nginx
      package:
        name: nginx
        state: present

    - name: Start nginx
      service:
        name: nginx
        state: started
        enabled: true

Plays

Each play targets a group of hosts and defines tasks to execute.

Tasks

Tasks are the individual units of work. Each task uses a module to perform an action.

Modules

Jetpack includes modules for common operations:

• package - Install and manage packages
• service - Manage system services
• file - Create and manage files
• template - Render templates
• command - Run shell commands
• copy - Copy files to remote hosts