From the course: Ansible: From Basics to Guru by Pearson

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Working with ansible-galaxy

Working with ansible-galaxy

In this video, we'll explore the Ansible Galaxy. Ansible Galaxy, to start with, is a community website. You can find it at galaxy.ansible.com, and it provides access to roles and content collections. From the beginning, it was the platform for Ansible developers to create roles, and later when collections were introduced, they've been added to Ansible Galaxy. There is also the Ansible Galaxy command line utility that allows for managing roles and content collections that are local on your system. For instance, you can use Ansible Galaxy role install that allows you to install roles. Many people don't even think about it because you just go to the Ansible Galaxy website, copy the commands from there. Also convenient is Ansible Galaxy role list, which lists roles that are currently installed. And you can use Ansible Galaxy to search for roles as well. But honestly, if you are searching for roles, you're better off going to the Ansible Galaxy website. Now, let's zoom into Ansible Galaxy…

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