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- Now, that we are at
the end of this lesson,

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let's do a lab.

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So, in this lab,

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it's all about idempotency.

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Idempotency is a great thing in Ansible.

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It ensures that running a playbook

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always gives the same result,

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no matter what the current
state of the managed machine is.

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You have previously learned
that the command module

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as well as related modules

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like shell and raw are
not idempotent by nature.

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However, if you're using
a register in a smart way,

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you can use even these
modules in an idempotent way.

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And that is what this lab is all about.

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Write a playbook that creates a user

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that is using the command module

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in such a way that the
playbook is idempotent.

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Good luck.