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diff --git a/ansible-practice/01-playbook-hello.yml b/ansible-practice/01-playbook-hello.yml
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+# hello world
+#   https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial-series/how-to-write-ansible-playbooks
+---
+
+- name: "01 - Playing with Ansible - hello world"
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: Print message
+      debug:
+        msg: Hello Ansible World
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/02-playbook-list-files.yml b/ansible-practice/02-playbook-list-files.yml
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+# list files on a host
+#   https://www.middlewareinventory.com/blog/run-ansible-playbook-locally/
+
+---
+- name: "02 - Playing with Ansible - list files on a system"
+  hosts: all
+#  hosts: localhost
+#  connection: local
+  tasks:
+    - name: "just execute a ls -lrt command"
+      shell: "ls -lrt"
+      register: "output"
+      
+    - debug: var=output.stdout_lines
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/03-playbook-local-action.yml b/ansible-practice/03-playbook-local-action.yml
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+# how to use the 'local_action' module to list files locally
+# this is not working !!!
+#   https://www.middlewareinventory.com/blog/run-ansible-playbook-locally/
+
+---
+- name: "03 - Playing with Ansible - using local_action module"
+  tasks:
+    - name: "just execute a ls -lrt command"
+      local_action: shell ls -lrt
+      register: "output"
+      
+    - debug: var=output.stdout_lines
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/04-playbook-create-file.yml b/ansible-practice/04-playbook-create-file.yml
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+# creating a file
+#   https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ansible-create-file
+
+---
+- name: "04 - Playing with Ansible - creating a file"
+  hosts: all
+#  hosts: localhost
+#  connection: local
+  tasks:
+  - name: Creating an empty file
+    file:
+      path: "~/ansible_created_file-01.txt"
+      state: touch
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/05-playbook-add-content-to-created-file.yml b/ansible-practice/05-playbook-add-content-to-created-file.yml
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+# creating a file w/ content
+#   https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ansible-create-file
+
+---
+- name: "05 - Playing with Ansible - creating a file w/ content"
+#  hosts: all
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  tasks:
+  - name: Creating a file with content
+    copy:
+      dest: "~/ansible_created_file-02.txt"
+      content: |
+        line 01
+        line 02
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/06-playbook-create-multiple-files.yml b/ansible-practice/06-playbook-create-multiple-files.yml
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+# create multiple empty files
+#   https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ansible-create-file
+
+---
+- name: "06 - Playing with Ansible - create multiple empty files"
+  hosts: all
+# hosts: localhost
+# connection: local
+  tasks:
+  - name: Create multiple files
+    file: 
+      path: "~/{{ item }}"
+      state: touch
+    with_items:
+    - ansible_created_file-03.txt
+    - ansible_created_file-04.txt
+    - ansible_created_file-05.txt
+    - ansible_created_file-06.txt
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/07-playbook-create-directory.yml b/ansible-practice/07-playbook-create-directory.yml
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+# create a directory
+#   https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ansible-create-file
+
+---
+- name: "07 - Playing with Ansible - create a directory"
+#  hosts: all
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  tasks:
+  - name: Create a new directory
+    file: 
+      path: "~/ansible_created_directory"
+      state: directory
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/08-playbook-remove-directory.yml b/ansible-practice/08-playbook-remove-directory.yml
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+# remove a directory (or file)
+#   https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ansible-create-file
+
+---
+- name: "08 - Playing with Ansible - remove a directory (or file)"
+#  hosts: all
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  tasks:
+  - name: Remove a directory (or file)
+    file: 
+      path: "~/ansible_created_directory"
+      state: absent
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/09-playbook-remove-files-with-wildcard.yml b/ansible-practice/09-playbook-remove-files-with-wildcard.yml
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+# remove multiple files using globbing
+#   https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ansible-create-file
+#   https://www.freekb.net/Article?id=573
+
+---
+- name: "09 - Playing with Ansible - remove a multiple files with globbing"
+#  hosts: all
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  tasks:
+  - name: Find files with a pattern
+    find:
+      paths: "~/"
+      patterns: "ansible_created_file*"
+    register: result
+  - name:  Remove multiple files with pattern above
+    file:
+      path: "{{ item.path }}"
+      state: absent
+    with_items: "{{ result.files }}"
+...
diff --git a/ansible-practice/10-playbook-shutdown.yml b/ansible-practice/10-playbook-shutdown.yml
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+# shutdown a host
+#   https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/shutdown_module.html
+#
+#   had to run the command like so:
+#
+#     ansible-playbook 10-playboot-shutdown.yml --ask-become-pass
+
+---
+- name: "10 - Playing with Ansible - shutdown a host"
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: shutdown a host
+      community.general.shutdown:
+        msg: "shutdown initiated by ansible"
+        delay: 5
+      become: yes
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/11-playbook-reboot.yml b/ansible-practice/11-playbook-reboot.yml
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+# reboot a host
+#   https://www.freekb.net/Article?id=3078
+#   https://www.freekb.net/Article?id=2395
+#   https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/reboot_module.html
+#
+#   - will need to find another option for reboot cuz this was a wonky behavior from ansible
+#     - it asked me to enter my passphrase 5 times before actually took properly
+#   
+#   had to run the command like so:
+#
+#     ansible-playbook 11-playboot-reboot.yml --ask-become-pass
+
+---
+- name: "11 - Playing with Ansible - reboot a host"
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: reboot a host
+      ansible.builtin.reboot:
+        msg: "reboot initiated by ansible"
+        connect_timeout: 5
+        post_reboot_delay: 30
+      become: yes
+...
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diff --git a/ansible-practice/12-playbook-copy-directory.yml b/ansible-practice/12-playbook-copy-directory.yml
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+# copy directories from control node to managed node
+#   https://www.freekb.net/Article?id=759
+#   https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/copy_module.html
+#
+
+---
+- name: "12 - Playing with Ansible - copy directories from control to managed node"
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: copy entire directory
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: /home/dpierre/ansible-practice
+        dest: /home/dpierre/tmp/temp_files
+
+    - name: copy directory contents
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: /home/dpierre/tmp/grubstuff/
+        dest: /home/dpierre/tmp/temp_files/grub_files/
+...
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+# copy a directory from control node to managed node
+#   https://www.freekb.net/Article?id=759
+#   https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/copy_module.html
+#
+
+---
+- name: "12 - Playing with Ansible - copy a directory from contol to managed node"
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: copy a directory from contol to managed node
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: /home/dpierre/ansible-practice/
+	dest: /home/dpierre/tmp/temp_files/ansible-practice
+...
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