In this chapter and in Chapter 8, The Python Automation Framework – Beyond Basics, our lab will have an Ubuntu 16.04 control node machine with Ansible installed. This control machine will have reachability for the management network for our VIRL devices, which consist of IOSv and NX-OSv devices. We will also have a separate Ubuntu VM for our playbook example when the target machine is a host:

Now, we are ready to see our first Ansible playbook example.