Strategies =========== Strategies are a way to control play execution. By default, plays run with a ``linear`` strategy, in which all hosts will run each task before any host starts the next task, using the number of forks (default 5) to parallelize. The ``serial`` directive can 'batch' this behaviour to a subset of the hosts, which then run to completion of the play before the next 'batch' starts. A second ``strategy`` ships with Ansible - ``free`` - which allows each host to run until the end of the play as fast as it can.:: - hosts: all strategy: free tasks: ... .. _strategy_plugins: Strategy Plugins ````````````````` The strategies are implemented as plugins. In the future, new execution strategies can be added, either locally by users or to Ansible itself by a code contribution. One example is ``debug`` strategy. See :doc:`playbooks_debugger` for details. .. seealso:: :doc:`playbooks` An introduction to playbooks :doc:`playbooks_reuse_roles` Playbook organization by roles `User Mailing List `_ Have a question? Stop by the google group! `irc.freenode.net `_ #ansible IRC chat channel