I would like to make ansible usage ‘invisible’ (due to some strange policies to use puppet even for the smallest stuff).
There are two problems about it:
There is always an .ansible folder in the home directory. How can I switch this off (I’d rather not write a task to delete it afterwards)
I am using local facts. I could not find the setting for the ansible local facts folder (/etc/ansible/facts.d) . I read somewher about an obscure 'fact_path' but there is no documentation about this variable/setting to be found in the docs.
ansible::ansible::ansible {
before => stuff,
after => otherstuff,
requires => ansible::ansible,
what => “is most awesome”;;;
ensure => “my boss doesn’t find out”;;;
notify => “not my boss”
};; <=> # I’m not sure what the spaceship operator does but I like saying spaceship operator
Really, seems more to be an education issue. Having a CM framework is one thing, but say you need it for application deployment, provisioning, or speak to strengths in orchestration and then eventually he’ll let you use it for everything maybe
The problem here is (as you surely know) that managers don’t have time for education. “We already bought the expensive product xyz support and we want anyone to use it as we already payed for it” .
There is also no way to explain anything. Nevertheless, the machines are not completely managed. So it’s not forbidden to login there via ssh and to do stuff. That is what I mainly use ansible for, as a (very well) trained monkey, who automates al the steps for me. (So the ansible binary is on my notebook).
The real question is:
Why does ansible require to leave traces like the .ansible directory in home folder?
Is there a way to change the facts folder?
