I was going to chime in with something along the lines of:
...and this is why I like Ansible. easy to follow scripts that do all the leg-work, and is reproducible at the command line...
So I'd love to hear of some of the hurdles you have encountered. So I can avoid them in the future.
BTW, I do agree with you. I vastly prefer a 'CLI fall-back' level of control, and that's the only way to keep core skills relevant. Another example of this:
Do it once manually, then use automation to replicate it 1000 times.
...and this is why I like Ansible. easy to follow scripts that do all the leg-work, and is reproducible at the command line...
So I'd love to hear of some of the hurdles you have encountered. So I can avoid them in the future.
BTW, I do agree with you. I vastly prefer a 'CLI fall-back' level of control, and that's the only way to keep core skills relevant. Another example of this: Do it once manually, then use automation to replicate it 1000 times.