Some custom modules I've written to expand my use of Ansible.

Adds two numbers together.

Adds a list of numbers together.

The worst BEST way ever to roll dice! 😁

Customize the number of sides you want your die to have (defaults to 20), as well as the number of times you want to roll it (defaults to 1).

Gather data on the top N number of stories on Hacker News.

Select the number of top stories via the number_of_entries parameter. Optional outputs include story_id, author, and comments (the number of comments the article has). Output is sorted by upvotes, with most upvoted at the top.

Based on this Python script

A more in-depth example of this module can be found here.

NOTE: This module requires requests.

A practice playbook is provided in this repo (practice_playbook.yml).

Clone/download these files locally, then use your terminal to cd into the Custom_Ansible_Modules directory. Once there, run:

ansible-playbook practice_playbook.yml

...and that's it! If everything is working correctly, then output like what's shown below should appear on your terminal: