TL;DR The message is a relay, not a reason. Ansible's service module ran systemctl start apache2, systemd ran apachectl start, apachectl exited non-zero. The reason is in journalctl -u apache2 -n 20 on the target. Three causes cover almost every case: something else on port 80 (AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to …

DevOps practices have grown in popularity as businesses try to produce software more quickly and effectively. Ansible is one of the tools that DevOps teams need to help automate and streamline their processes. Ansible is an open-source automation tool that makes it simple for users to automate their network devices, …

TL;DR The message is git's, not Ansible's. ansible.builtin.git runs git clone on the remote host, and git refuses to clone into a directory that already has files. The module reports it as FAILED! => {"cmd": "/usr/bin/git clone --origin origin <repo> <dest>", "msg": …

Thinking about Ansible as your configuration management tool, Great choice, of course, Ansible has a lot to offer and also a lot to learn to use effectively. Today’s article is your first step to Ansible! In this tutorial,, we will dive together into Ansible's installation process on different platforms. Ansible …