How to use extra_vars_path in the tower_job_template Ansible module

Today I was using Ansible’s tower_job_template module in a playbook. I needed to add extra variables to the job template, but Ansible’s public documentation of the the tower_job_template module had no examples of how to do this. I was unable to find any compelling examples on Google. I was a bit of poking around the Ansible API, it turns out this was far easier than I had anticipated. Without further ado, here’s how you use extra_vars_path:...

2020-03-19

Converting blog to Terraform & Ansible

Setting up my blog has always been easy. Previous to today, you just had to: Provision an Ubuntu 18 VM somewhere (I’ve been using Digital Ocean) Install Apache and remove its default website Use Hugo to generate the site’s static files and copy them to the VM host Done! But, never being one to sit still, I’ve decided to up my game and move to automatic provisioning with Terraform and Ansible....

2019-10-05