# \#getting-started **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/getting-started/119.md [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) --- ## [Ansible getting started official doc not working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-getting-started-official-doc-not-working/45860)
**Author:** [@Latomate](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Latomate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-getting-started-official-doc-not-working/45860 "2026-05-28T15:06:51Z")
I’m learning Ansible thanks of the official documentation: Building an inventory — Ansible Community Documentation the step 4: “Ping the myhosts group in your inventory” is not working for me ansible myhosts -m ping -i… --- ## [How to create an Ansible collection with a simple module step by step](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-an-ansible-collection-with-a-simple-module-step-by-step/9718)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-an-ansible-collection-with-a-simple-module-step-by-step/9718 "2025-10-27T09:30:34Z")
Creating and sharing a module is a great way of contributing to Ansible. This guide will show you step-by-step how to create and test one. When you later create useful modules doing real work, see the Ansible collectio… --- ## [How to submit your first contribution to Ansible step-by-step](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-submit-your-first-contribution-to-ansible-step-by-step/39085)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-submit-your-first-contribution-to-ansible-step-by-step/39085 "2024-12-12T06:46:23Z")
Are you interested in making your first ever contribution to an open-source project or a first contribution specifically to Ansible? You can do both at once! If that sounds exciting, read this post. Starting your open-… --- ## [Want to become a code contributor to modules in ansible collections? Read on!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-become-a-code-contributor-to-modules-in-ansible-collections-read-on/39896)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-become-a-code-contributor-to-modules-in-ansible-collections-read-on/39896 "2025-01-29T06:34:51Z")
Hi there! Thanks for your interest in making Ansible better for everyone! You do NOT need any Python skills to complete the activities below. However, if you want to develop a collection with modules that do real work… --- ## [How to set up a repository for an Ansible collection step by step](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-set-up-a-repository-for-an-ansible-collection-step-by-step/10722)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-set-up-a-repository-for-an-ansible-collection-step-by-step/10722 "2024-11-06T08:45:42Z")
Hello everyone! In the previous post we created a dummy module and its integration tests. If you didn’t, please do. Let’s now put that stuff in a GitHub repo. Thankfully, we can use the collection\_template repositor… --- ## [How to release an Ansible collection step by step](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-release-an-ansible-collection-step-by-step/38879)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-release-an-ansible-collection-step-by-step/38879 "2024-12-05T10:12:58Z")
Hello everyone! In the previous posts we created a dummy Ansible module and set up a repository for a collection for the module and other future content. Now we want to contribute back to Ansible by sharing the collect… --- ## [How to get involved as beginner](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-involved-as-beginner/4391)
**Author:** [@DanSwift](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DanSwift)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-involved-as-beginner/4391 "2024-03-18T21:22:31Z")
Hi all, I am interested in getting involved in the open source community of Ansible. I graduated from college with my degree in Computer Science, but I’ve never been involved in any open source projects before. What woul… --- ## [Best ways to get started and being productive asap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-ways-to-get-started-and-being-productive-asap/4325)
**Author:** [@maestro17](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maestro17)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-ways-to-get-started-and-being-productive-asap/4325 "2024-03-14T12:59:29Z")
Hi guys! I have just started my first job as a DevOps after being graduated. My boss wants to implement IaC for all our projects. I am the only one working on it, but its a huge task so I’m honored. However, I have p… --- ## [Host\_vars not working as expected](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-vars-not-working-as-expected/3199)
**Author:** [@msmith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/msmith)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-vars-not-working-as-expected/3199 "2024-02-23T19:24:12Z")
Hi, I’m very new to Ansible and I’m sure this is me being stupid, but I’m struggling to get host\_vars and group\_vars working. I’m trying to configure a few Aruba switches, and obviously some settings are group or host s… --- ## [How to arrange structure for the case multiple projects](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-arrange-structure-for-the-case-multiple-projects/2355)
**Author:** [@lanhnguyen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lanhnguyen)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-arrange-structure-for-the-case-multiple-projects/2355 "2023-11-30T11:28:44Z")
If I work with many projects, each project we use different role. Are there any good ways to arrange structure for this case? --- ## [Issues for New contributors](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-for-new-contributors/2620)
**Author:** [@Akasurde](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akasurde)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-for-new-contributors/2620 "2023-11-29T09:18:57Z")
Please find the links for issues that are good for first-time contributors to the Ansible Project. Across all Ansible org projects - https://github.com/search?q=user%3Aansible+user%3Aansible-community+label%3Aeasyfix%2… --- ## [What are the different between loop and with\_items?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-are-the-different-between-loop-and-with-items/2434)
**Author:** [@lanhnguyen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lanhnguyen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-are-the-different-between-loop-and-with-items/2434 "2023-11-17T21:18:37Z")
Couuld you tell me What are the different between loop and with\_items? and Which case we use loop which case we use with\_items? --- ## [Newbie Collections Issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-collections-issue/2307)
**Author:** [@geordieracer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/geordieracer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-collections-issue/2307 "2023-11-13T15:53:49Z")
I am new to Ansible and looking to use some collections in my playbook (other than the built in ones). The issue I have is that if i run a playbook to show what collections are available, the list is a very small subset … --- ## [Which ansible book do you recommend to learn ansible out of these?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-ansible-book-do-you-recommend-to-learn-ansible-out-of-these/2159)
**Author:** [@jhansiball](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jhansiball)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-ansible-book-do-you-recommend-to-learn-ansible-out-of-these/2159 "2023-11-07T12:04:06Z")
Automation with Ansible Yogesh Raheja Ansible: Up and Running - Automating Configuration Management and Deployment the Easy Way by Bas Meijer (Author), Lorin Hochstein (Author), René Moser (Author) Hands-on Ansible Au… --- ## [Getting Started with Ansible - Resources](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-started-with-ansible-resources/1926)
**Author:** [@Leo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Leo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-started-with-ansible-resources/1926 "2023-10-24T19:30:29Z")
This is a small list of resources to get started using Ansible. Below you will find some links to documentation, free interactive labs (web based) and YouTube media content. Getting Started with a user journey. The @D… --- ## [Where to start contributing to Ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-to-start-contributing-to-ansible/1513)
**Author:** [@Ektamd02](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ektamd02)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-to-start-contributing-to-ansible/1513 "2023-10-19T07:47:22Z")
Hey !! I am a total beginner in this project. Can you suggest some beginner friendly issues to work on? I am excited to be a part of Ansible and contribute to it. Regards. --- ## [Getting started with Ansible…](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-started-with-ansible/955)
**Author:** [@max](https://forum.ansible.com/u/max)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-started-with-ansible/955 "2023-10-06T09:01:43Z")
Hey All - I’m fairly new to Ansible and have managed to setup some playbooks in my work to interact with a few different REST APIs to perform some automation. I’m running the playbooks on localhost as it doesn’t need to … --- ## [Understanding Ansible Surveys](https://forum.ansible.com/t/understanding-ansible-surveys/211)
**Author:** [@IPvSean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IPvSean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/understanding-ansible-surveys/211 "2023-08-30T14:43:18Z")
Many people may be unfamiliar with Automation controller and the corresponding upstream project AWX. Here is a super short 1-minute video on how surveys can help out your Ansible automation. This example is for a very …