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We want to hear from you! <br /> Join us in the <a href="https://forum.ansible.com/tag/documentation">Ansible Forum</a> or open a <a href="https://github.com/ansible/docsite/issues" target="_blank">GitHub issue</a> in the docsite repository.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Start quicklinks. --> <div class="width-3-12 width-12-12-m"> <div class="quicklinks"> <h2>Quicklinks</h2> <ul class="fa-ul"> <li> <span class="fa-li"><i class="fas fa-book"></i></span> <a href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html" target="_blank">YAML syntax</a> </li> <li> <span class="fa-li"><i class="fas fa-book"></i></span> <a href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_variables.html" target="_blank">Playbook variables</a> </li> <li> <span class="fa-li"><i class="fas fa-book"></i></span> <a href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_conditionals.html" target="_blank">Playbook conditionals</a> </li> </ul> <hr /> </div> </div> <!-- End quicklinks. --> <!-- Start user journey. --> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Create automation</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_intro.html#playbook-syntax" role="button">Start writing Ansible playbooks</a> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/module_plugin_guide/modules_intro.html" role="button">Learn about Ansible modules</a> </div> </div> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Build inventories</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html" role="button">Build inventory files to manage multiple hosts</a> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_dynamic_inventory.html" role="button">Use dynamic inventories</a> </div> </div> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Organize automation projects</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_reuse_roles.html" role="button">Use roles to structure the automation project</a> </div> </div> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Use Ansible execution environments</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/getting_started_ee/index.html" role="button">Get started with execution environments</a> <a class="btn" href="https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/builder/en/latest/" role="button">Build execution environments</a> </div> </div> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Use Ansible tooling</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/navigator/" role="button">Create and test playbooks with Ansible Navigator</a> <a class="btn" href="https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/" role="button">Use Ansible Lint to validate playbooks</a> <a class="btn" href="https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/molecule/" role="button">Install Molecule to develop and test Ansible roles</a> <a class="btn" href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=redhat.ansible" role="button">Use Ansible with Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX compatible editors</a> </div> </div> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Find automation content</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/galaxy/user_guide.html#finding-collections-on-galaxy" role="button">Start exploring Ansible Galaxy</a> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/galaxy/user_guide.html#installing-roles-from-galaxy" role="button">Install and use roles</a> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/galaxy/user_guide.html#installing-collections" role="button">Install and use collections</a> </div> </div> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Share automation content</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/galaxy-ng/en/latest/community/userguide/#importing-roles" role="button">Submit roles to an existing collection</a> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#developing-collections" role="button">Create a new collection</a> <a class="btn" href="https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/galaxy-ng/en/latest/community/userguide/#uploading-collections" role="button">Upload a collection to Ansible Galaxy</a> </div> </div> <div class="width-6-12 width-12-12-m"> <h3>Schedule and run automation jobs</h3> <div class="btn-group-vertical" role="group" aria-label="Button group that links to Ansible community documentation."> <a class="btn" href="https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/docs/tasks.md#awx-jobs" role="button">Execute automation jobs on demand</a> <a class="btn" href="https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/docs/schedules.md#scheduled-jobs" role="button">Schedule automation jobs</a> <a class="btn" href="https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/runner/en/latest/execution_environments/" role="button">Use execution environments with AWX jobs</a> </div> </div> <!-- End user journey. --> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-slim redhat-footer"> <span 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