You Have a Playbook That Includes a Task to Install

question 211

Multiple Choice

You have a playbook that includes a task to install a package for a service, put a configuration file for that package on the system and restart the service. The playbook is then run twice in a row. What would you expect Ansible to do on the second run?

• A) Remove the old package and config file and reinstall and then restart the service.
• B) Take no action on the target host.
• C) Check if the package is installed, check if the file matches the source file, if not reinstall it; restart the service.
• D) Attempt to reinstall the package, copy the file and restart the service.

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