Merge pull request #46 from makuk66/master

some doc fixes
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Michael DeHaan 13 years ago
commit ace0d5ade4

@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ API & Integrations
==================
There are two major ways to use Ansible from an API perspective. The primary way
is to use the Ansible python API to control nodes. Ansible is written in it's own
is to use the Ansible python API to control nodes. Ansible is written in its own
API so you have a considerable amount of power there.
Also covered here, Ansible's
@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ in a different system. Frequent examples include LDAP, `Cobbler <http://cobbler
or a piece of expensive enterprisey CMDB software. Ansible easily supports all
of these options via an external interventory system.
If you have a data store system where an Ansible external inventory script doesn't already exist, this may require a little coding,J
but we have a `Cobbler example <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/master/examples/scripts/cobbler_external_inventory.py>`_ in the main source tree -- but it's pretty simple, as we'll explain below -- that would provide a good starting point. Like with modules, it's possible to build an external inventory script in any language, as long as it returns JSON.
If you have a data store system where an Ansible external inventory script doesn't already exist, this may require a little coding, but we have a `Cobbler example <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/master/examples/scripts/cobbler_external_inventory.py>`_ in the main source tree -- but it's pretty simple, as we'll explain below -- that would provide a good starting point. Like with modules, it's possible to build an external inventory script in any language, as long as it returns JSON.
If you are familiar with Puppet terminology, this concept is basically the same as 'external nodes', with the slight difference that it also defines which hosts are managed.

@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ as it can. A system shouldn't be half correct, especially if we're planning on
other systems that depend on that system.
Ansible also has a VERY short learning curve -- but it also has less language constructs and
does not create it's own programming language. What constructs Ansible does have should be enough to cover 80% or so of the cases of most Puppet users, and it should scale equally well (not having a server is
does not create its own programming language. What constructs Ansible does have should be enough to cover 80% or so of the cases of most Puppet users, and it should scale equally well (not having a server is
almost like cheating).
I also suspect some Ansible users will actually use Ansible to trigger Puppet -- using the git
@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Python's multiprocessing module.
If you need to address 500 machines you can decide if you want to try
to contact 5 at a time, or 50 at a time.
It's up to you and how much power you can throw at it, but it's heritage
It's up to you and how much power you can throw at it, but its heritage
is about handling those kinds of use cases.
There are no daemons so it's entirely up to you. When you are aren't using

@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Reading Input
Let's modify the module to allow setting the current time. We'll do this by seeing
if a key value pair in the form `time=<string>` is passed in to the module.
Ansible internally saves arguments to a arguments file. So we must read the file
Ansible internally saves arguments to an arguments file. So we must read the file
and parse it. The arguments file is just a string, so any form of arguments are legal.
Here we'll do some basic parsing to treat the input as key=value.

@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ Example action from Ansible :doc:`playbooks`::
ntpserver: 'ntp.example.com'
xyz: 1234
Example action from `/usr/bin/Ansible`::
Example action from `/usr/bin/ansible`::
Ansible -m all setup -a "ntpserver=ntp.example.com xyz=1234"
ansible all -m setup -a "ntpserver=ntp.example.com xyz=1234"
.. _shell:
@ -499,14 +499,14 @@ See :doc:`moduledev`.
.. seealso::
:doc:`examples`
Examples of using modules in /usr/bin/Ansible
Examples of using modules in /usr/bin/ansible
:doc:`playbooks`
Examples of using modules with /usr/bin/Ansible-playbook
Examples of using modules with /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
:doc:`moduledev`
How to write your own modules
:doc:`api`
Examples of using modules with the Python API
`Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/Ansible-project>`_
`Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project>`_
Questions? Help? Ideas? Stop by the list on Google Groups
`irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_
#ansible IRC chat channel

@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ orchestrate multi-machine deployments, running certain steps on all
machines in the webservers group, then certain steps on the database
server group, then more commands back on the webservers group, etc.
For starters, here's a playbook that contains just one play.::
For starters, here's a playbook that contains just one play::
---
- hosts: webservers
@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ or it could be something like performing some cleanup steps if a filesystem is g
This is easy to do in Ansible, with the `only_if` clause. This clause can be applied to any task,
and allows usage of variables from anywhere in ansible, either denoted with `$dollar_sign_syntax` or
`{{ braces_syntax }}` and then evaluates them with a Python expression. Don't panic -- it's actually
pretty simple.::
pretty simple::
vars:
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@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ to kick them off all at once and then poll until they are done.
You will also want to use asynchronous mode on very long running
operations that might be subject to timeout.
To launch a task asynchronously, specify it's maximum runtime
To launch a task asynchronously, specify its maximum runtime
and how frequently you would like to poll for status. The default
poll value is 10 seconds if you do not specify a value for `poll`::

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