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by scoot_718 2237 days ago
If you're just provisioning software on an individual server, then sure. I agree. It kinda works okay.

What I'm talking about is using the cloud modules to spin up servers, and god help you, entire VPC set ups.
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PaywallBuster 2237 days ago
Each PR will provision a new server and then configure/deploy.
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scoot_718 2236 days ago
So wait, you make a playbook per individual server instance? Why?
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zufallsheld 2236 days ago
He didn't say that. He presumably uses one playbook that creates vms and provisions the software for every PR. With ansible this can be idempotent and creating vms is by default idempotent.
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