Ansible Playbook Real-World Examples Cheat Sheet

A curated collection of real-world Ansible playbook repositories and task examples for common server provisioning and application deployments.

🔗 Related: Ansible Core Cheat Sheet · Ansible Modules Cheat Sheet · Ansible Quickstart Guide

Open-Source Playbook Implementations

• Web Server & Ruby Stack: Ansible Ruby Example Playbook (roles/webserver)
• PostgreSQL Database Server: Ansible Postgres Example Playbook (roles/db)
• Self-Hosted GitLab Instance: Ansible GitLab Playbook

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Common Multi-Task Snippets

Full Nginx + Let's Encrypt SSL Setup

- name: Configure Web Server with Nginx
  hosts: webservers
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: Ensure Nginx is installed
      apt:
        name: nginx
        state: present
        update_cache: yes

    - name: Copy site configuration template
      template:
        src: templates/nginx.conf.j2
        dest: /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
      notify: Reload Nginx

    - name: Ensure Nginx service is running and enabled
      service:
        name: nginx
        state: started
        enabled: yes

  handlers:
    - name: Reload Nginx
      service:
        name: nginx
        state: reloaded