Prerequisite

When you choose a particular technology or tool, you generally start with what it offers. You slowly understand the philosophy then went into building the tool and what problems it helps you solve. However, you only truly feel comfortable and in control when you understand how it works in depth. At some stage, to utilize the complete power of a tool, you'll have to customize it in ways that suit your particular needs. Over a period of time, tools that provide you with an easy way to plug in new functionalities stay, and those that don't, disappear from the market. It's a similar story with Ansible as well. All tasks in the Ansible playbook are modules of some kind, and it comes loaded with hundreds of modules. You will find a module for almost anything that you might need. However, there are always exceptions, and this is where the power to extend Ansible...