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Who is Donald? 0:12

Books that Donald wrote: 1:00

What is Ansible and why is it recommended? 1:22

Idempotency: 2:27

Create a project: 3:50

Create a hosts.ini file: 4:20

Agent vs agentless / puppet vs ansible: 5:00

What does Ansible use to connect to devices: 7:40

New / Better way of doing things (hosts.yml): 17:40

Which is better? 23:20

Global ansible.cfg file: 24:01

Never use tab: 27:30

Create a repository: 27:55

Do you need to use Git: 30:20

Is Linux recommended? Or is Windows ok? 30:35

Can you use a Mac? 31:24

Redo the process using public github: 31:52

Files on github: 35:34

Copy files to the Ansible server: 36:02

Create a virtual environment: 37:55

Install Ansible: 38:38

Check the ansible docs: 41:40

Run Ansible adhoc commands: 43:55

What did ping do? 46:20

What is an Ansible playbook: 47:50

Create Ansbile playbook: 48:20

Run Ansible Playbooks: 53:09

Add an IP address: 56:06

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