Ansible Configuration

Nothing too complicated here. Example config found here. You’ll want to make sure this file is in your ansible user’s home directory.

Customizations

remote_user

This directive tells ansible what username to use when accessing a remote machine.

If you want to use a different username, change this value.

remote_user = ansible

inventory

This directive tells ansible which file to use as the default inventory.

inventory = $HOME/hosts

Options

python interpreter

By default, ansible will autodetect the in-user versions of python on managed devices. If no version is specified for use, ansible will throw a warning in the logs that the interpreter on the endpoint may change between runs. I don’t care for the clutter in my logs.

interpreter_python = auto_silent

auto_silent tells ansible to suppress the warning and accept the default behavior.