12.1 Ansible Module Development - Basics

In this lab we are going to learn how Ansible uses modules and where to find information about developing a custom module.

Task 1

• In which language has a module to be written?
• Point your webbrowser to the official documentation about developing modules.
• Point your webbrowser to the official documentation about developing modules best practices.
• Point your webbrowser to the official documentation about developing collections.
• Point your webbrowser to the official documentation about debugging your module.
• Which environment variable lets you keep the remote module files after executing the module (instead of deleting it)?

Task 2

• for possible content of the my_module.py file, see the official documentation

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mkdir /home/ansible/techlab/library/
touch /home/ansible/techlab/library/my_module.py

All done?

• Ansible module development on YouTube
• Have a look at the Puzzle OPNsense Ansible Collection