- Hi, welcome to lesson 11.
This lesson is about plugins,
which are extensions to the default code
that Ansible is providing.
I'll start by explaining what exactly a plugin is
and how plugins relate to filters.
You'll next learn about the lookup plugins,
which is the most important plugin category.
Next, you will see some of the most commonly used
lookup plugins in action
and you'll learn how to work
with a fileglob lookup plugin.
Once you know how to work with lookup plugins,
we'll have a look at some more specific plugin use
including discussion of the callback and timer plugins,
inventory plugins, fact caching,
as well as the plugin that allows you
to generate random passwords.
And at the end of this lesson,
you'll find a lab where you can configure a plugin yourself.