Running the playbook

the command to run the playbook is a little different than the regular run command:

ansible-playbook nginx_install.yml

output would be:

PLAY [virtualhosts] ********************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *****************************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu-1]
ok: [ubuntu-2]

TASK [install nginx] *******************************************************************************
changed: [ubuntu-2]
changed: [ubuntu-1]

TASK [Setup nginx conf] ****************************************************************************
changed: [ubuntu-2]
changed: [ubuntu-1]

RUNNING HANDLER [restart nginx] ********************************************************************
changed: [ubuntu-1]
changed: [ubuntu-2]

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************
ubuntu-1                   : ok=4    changed=3    unreachable=0    failed=0
ubuntu-2                   : ok=4    changed=3    unreachable=0    failed=0

playing the playbook again wont do anything if the state of the services and file is already identical:

yonit@ansible_server:~/ansible$ ansible-playbook nginx_install.yml

PLAY [virtualhosts] ********************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *****************************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu-2]
ok: [ubuntu-1]

TASK [install nginx] *******************************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu-2]
ok: [ubuntu-1]

TASK [Setup nginx conf] ****************************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu-2]
ok: [ubuntu-1]

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************
ubuntu-1                   : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0
ubuntu-2                   : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0