Answer Posted / Arjun Dwivedi

Playbooks in Ansible are YAML files containing a series of tasks, plays, and handlers that define the desired state of a system or an application. Playbooks are used to automate system administration tasks by specifying the steps required to configure or manage hosts. Here's a simple example of an Ansible playbook:nn```yamln- name: Example playbookn hosts: allnn tasks:n - name: Print hello worldn ansible.builtin.debug: msg='Hello World!'nn handlers:n - name: Restart servicen ansible.builtin.service: name=my_service state=restarted

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