# ansible/ansible-examples

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/ansible-ansible-examples.md

## Description

This repository serves as a library of reference patterns and scripts for infrastructure automation and configuration management. It provides a collection of standardized examples designed to demonstrate how to define and maintain server environments as code, ensuring consistency across development, testing, and production stages.

The project focuses on implementing infrastructure as code best practices by showcasing how to structure automation logic for complex deployments. These examples illustrate the use of declarative modeling to define desired system states, alongside modular task abstraction to handle platform-specific operations. By providing these reference patterns, the repository acts as a guide for engineers to build maintainable and scalable system administration workflows.

The included scripts cover the orchestration of software stacks and the management of remote infrastructure. These examples are structured to be accessible for those learning to implement repeatable deployment processes and standardized configuration management within their own environments.

## Tags

### DevOps & Infrastructure

- [Infrastructure as Code](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/infrastructure/infrastructure-as-code.md) — Provides standardized automation examples for building repeatable and consistent server environments.
- [Configuration as Code](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/configuration-as-code.md) — Defines and maintains server settings as code to ensure consistent environments across development, testing, and production.
- [Deployment Automation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/deployment-management-strategies/automation-and-tooling/deployment-automation.md) — Automates the deployment of software stacks across multiple servers to ensure consistent environment setups. ([source](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples#readme))
- [SSH-Based Remote Execution](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/execution-environments/remote-workspace-command-execution/ssh-based-remote-execution.md) — Executes automation tasks over secure shell protocols without requiring persistent agents on target nodes.
- [Ansible Inventory Guides](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/infrastructure/infrastructure-as-code/configuration-management/ansible-inventory-guides.md) — Organizes managed infrastructure into logical groups and hierarchies for granular control over configuration updates.
- [Push-Model Orchestrators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/distributed-task-orchestrators/push-model-orchestrators.md) — Distributes configuration changes from a central control node to target machines by initiating sequential connections.
- [Infrastructure as Code Practices](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/infrastructure-as-code-practices.md) — Provides proven patterns and methodologies for structuring maintainable infrastructure-as-code logic. ([source](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples#readme))

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Ansible Collections](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/application-lifecycle-management/configuration-management/automation-and-templating-frameworks/ansible-collections.md) — Provides a library of reference patterns and scripts for deploying software stacks using Ansible.
- [Declarative Configuration Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/declarative-configuration-systems.md) — Defines desired system states using human-readable declarative configuration files.
- [Module Encapsulation Patterns](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/module-encapsulation-patterns.md) — Encapsulates complex system operations into reusable modules that expose consistent interfaces while hiding implementation details.
- [Idempotency Patterns](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/idempotency-patterns.md) — Implements idempotent operations to ensure system states match defined configurations without unintended side effects.

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Agentless Remote Management Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/agentless-remote-management-tools.md) — Manages remote infrastructure over standard secure shell protocols without requiring persistent software agents.

### Education & Learning Resources

- [Engineering Reference Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/education-learning-resources/engineering-reference-libraries.md) — Offers a curated collection of proven automation logic to help engineers structure infrastructure code.