Summary

In this chapter, we have had an in-depth look at Ansible Galaxy, the website, and the command-line tool. We have also discussed the Ansible development and release cycle and understood what an Ansible Role is.

I am sure that you will agree that Ansible Galaxy offers valuable community services in that it allows users to share roles for everyday tasks and provides a way for users to contribute to the Ansible community by publishing their roles.

However, just be careful. Remember to check the code and read through bug trackers before using roles from Ansible Galaxy in production environments; after all, many roles need escalated privileges to execute their tasks successfully.

As mentioned in this chapter, we will be creating our own Ansible Roles throughout the remainder of this title, and there will be additional hints and tips on creating and using roles as our Ansible playbooks get more and more sophisticated.

In our next chapter, we will look at more Ansible commands...