What is a task in Ansible?

1.	What is a task in Ansible?
Answer» At a basic level, a TASK is a WAY to call an Ansible module. In PLAYBOOK GOAL of a play is to map a GROUP of hosts to some well-defined roles, represented by things Ansible calls tasks. The task file is the main part of a role. If roles/<role_name>/tasks/main.yaml exists, all the tasks therein and any other files it includes will be embedded in the play and executed.

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