The Ansible Debugger

Troubleshooting issues with Ansible plays can be tricky. It's very common to encounter an issue, haphazardly update a playbook, and then simply re-run the entire play. This is time consuming and frustrating. Did you know that there's a better way?

In this video, we take a look at the Ansible debugger. The debugger is a powerful, but often overlooked, feature in Ansible that makes it much easier to troubleshoot issues with Ansible plays. Becoming proficient with Ansible's debugger will save you time and allow you to focus on the tasks that you're trying to automate, instead of spending cycles on debugging issues with your automation tools.

Playbook: https://github.com/acritelli/beyond-t...

VIDEO CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Overview and Background

00:46 - Enabling the Debugger
02:50 - Using the Debug Shell
03:58 - Updating Task Variables
05:52 - Iteratively Debugging
06:49 - Updating Task Arguments
08:09 - The Always Keyword
11:07 - Enabling the Debugger on Third-Party Playbooks

11:36 - Conclusion and Outro