# 'Absolute basics' video

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/absolute-basics-video/20809>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/absolute-basics-video/20809 "2016-03-08T22:04:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quentin\_Stafford-Fra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b2d939/32.png) [@Quentin\_Stafford-Fra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Quentin_Stafford-Fra)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/absolute-basics-video/20809/1 "2016-03-08T22:04:04Z")

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I had some slides from when I first looked at Ansible and was explaining it to some friends.

I put a soundtrack to them in case they’re useful for anybody else.

Here you are: [Ansible – the absolute basic overview](http://statusq.org/archives/2016/03/08/7422/)

It’s intended to be not so much a tutorial as a way of explaining some of the key ideas and the directory structure to someone who’s never seen a playbook before.

There are some places where I deliberately gloss over or simplify things, but I hope it might be helpful to someone. 20 mins.

All the best,  
Quentin