Rename 'ensure' to 'state' because I think it's a bit cleaner and doesn't imply

all modules take a common parameter name.  But more or less we still work idempotently
in modules.

README.md

@@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ up around the library scripts, and you can easily write your own.
 
 Current modules include:
 
-   * command -- runs commands, giving output, return codes, and run time info
+   * command - runs commands, giving output, return codes, and run time info
    * ping - just returns if the system is up or not
    * facter - retrieves facts about the host OS
    * ohai - similar to facter, but returns structured data
    * copy - add files to remote systems
    * setup - pushes key/value data onto the system for use in templating
    * template - takes a local template file and saves a templated version remotely
+   * git - deploy simple apps directly from source control
 
-Service, package, and user modules, supporting puppet-like ensure semantics
-are coming soon.
+More coming soon!  Contributions welcome!
 
 Playbooks
 =========

docs/man/man5/ansible-modules.5

 '\" t
 .\"     Title: ansible-modules
 .\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
 .\"      Date: 02/26/2012
 .\"    Manual: System administration commands
 .\"    Source: Ansible-modules 0.0.1
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@
 .\"
 .TH "ANSIBLE\-MODULES" "5" "02/26/2012" "Ansible\-modules 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.\" * Define some portability stuff
-.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
-.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
-.el       .ds Aq '
-.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * set default formatting
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" disable hyphenation
@@ -101,7 +92,7 @@ This module is informative only \- it takes no parameters & does not support cha
 .sp
 Controls services on remote machines\&.
 .PP
-\fBensure=\fR
+\fBstate=\fR
 .RS 4
 Values are
 \fIstarted\fR,

docs/man/man5/ansible-modules.5.asciidoc

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ service
 
 Controls services on remote machines.
 
-*ensure=*::
+*state=*::
 
 Values are 'started', 'stopped', or 'restarted'.   Started/stopped
 are idempotent actions that will not run commands unless neccessary.

docs/man/man5/ansible-playbook.5

 '\" t
 .\"     Title: ansible-modules
 .\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
 .\"      Date: 02/26/2012
 .\"    Manual: System administration commands
 .\"    Source: Ansible-playbook 0.0.1
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@
 .\"
 .TH "ANSIBLE\-MODULES" "5" "02/26/2012" "Ansible\-playbook 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.\" * Define some portability stuff
-.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
-.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
-.el       .ds Aq '
-.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * set default formatting
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" disable hyphenation
@@ -37,29 +28,27 @@ Ansible ships with a ansible\-playbook tool for running playbooks\&. Playbooks c
 Playbooks are currently writeable in YAML\&. Other formats (JSON?) may be supported in the future\&.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
 .sp
+FIXME: verify this is correct below
+.sp
 .if n \{\
 .RS 4
 .\}
 .nf
 \-\-\-
-\- pattern: \*(Aq*\*(Aq
-  hosts: \*(Aq/etc/ansible/hosts\*(Aq
+\- pattern: \'*\'
+  hosts: \'/etc/ansible/hosts\'
   tasks:
-  \- do:
-    \- configure template & module variables for future template calls
-    \- setup http_port=80 max_clients=200
-  \- do:
-    \- write the apache config file
-    \- template src=/srv/mytemplates/httpd\&.j2 dest=/etc/httpd/conf
+  \- name:configure template & module variables for future template calls
+    action: setup http_port=80 max_clients=200
+  \- name: write the apache config file
+    action: template src=/srv/mytemplates/httpd\&.j2 dest=/etc/httpd/conf
     notify:
     \- restart apache
-  \- do
-    \- ensure apache is running
-    \- service name=httpd ensure=started
+  \- name: ensure apache is running
+    action: service name=httpd ensure=started
   handlers:
-    \- do:
-      \- restart apache
-      \- service name=httpd ensure=restarted
+    \- name: restart apache
+    \- action: service name=httpd ensure=restarted
 .fi
 .if n \{\
 .RE
@@ -81,9 +70,7 @@ Playbooks are executed top down and can contain multiple references to patterns\
 .sp
 For each pattern, the tasks in the \fItasks\fR list are executed in order for all hosts in the host file matching the pattern\&.
 .sp
-For each task, a "do" statement describes what the task is and what ansible module to use to accomplish the task, along with any arguments\&. The first line in the "do" is the name of the task \(em this will appear in any log output\&.
-.sp
-The second line in each "do" is the module name followed by module arguments\&.
+For each task, a name/action pair describes what the task is and what ansible module to use to accomplish the task, along with any arguments\&. Additional fields like \fIcomment:\fR can be added and will be ignored\&.
 .sp
 Most modules accept key=value format arguments\&.
 .sp

docs/man/man5/ansible-playbook.5.asciidoc

@@ -29,26 +29,24 @@ be supported in the future.
 EXAMPLE
 -------
 
+FIXME: verify this is correct below
+
 [literal]
 ---
 - pattern: '*'
   hosts: '/etc/ansible/hosts'
   tasks:
-  - do:
-    - configure template & module variables for future template calls
-    - setup http_port=80 max_clients=200
-  - do:
-    - write the apache config file
-    - template src=/srv/mytemplates/httpd.j2 dest=/etc/httpd/conf
+  - name:configure template & module variables for future template calls
+    action: setup http_port=80 max_clients=200
+  - name: write the apache config file
+    action: template src=/srv/mytemplates/httpd.j2 dest=/etc/httpd/conf
     notify:
     - restart apache
-  - do
-    - ensure apache is running
-    - service name=httpd ensure=started
+  - name: ensure apache is running
+    action: service name=httpd ensure=started
   handlers:
-    - do:
-      - restart apache
-      - service name=httpd ensure=restarted
+    - name: restart apache
+    - action: service name=httpd ensure=restarted
 
 
 WHAT THE EXAMPLE MEANS
@@ -82,13 +80,10 @@ something different to all webservers again.
 For each pattern, the tasks in the 'tasks' list are executed in order
 for all hosts in the host file matching the pattern.
 
-For each task, a "do" statement describes what the task is and what
+For each task, a name/action pair describes what the task is and what
 ansible module to use to accomplish the task, along with any
-arguments.  The first line in the "do" is the name of the task -- this
-will appear in any log output.
-
-The second line in each "do" is the module name followed by module
-arguments.
+arguments.   Additional fields like 'comment:' can be added and will
+be ignored.
 
 Most modules accept key=value format arguments.
 

examples/playbook.yml

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
     action: command /bin/false
   handlers:
     - name: restart apache
-      action: service name=httpd ensure=restarted
+      action: service name=httpd state=restarted

library/copy

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except ImportError:
     import simplejson as json
 
 # ===========================================
-# convert arguments of form ensure=running name=foo
+# convert arguments of form a=b c=d
 # to a dictionary
 # FIXME: make more idiomatic
 

library/git

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import shlex
 import subprocess
 
 # ===========================================
-# convert arguments of form ensure=running name=foo
+# convert arguments of form a=b c=d
 # to a dictionary
 # FIXME: make more idiomatic
 

library/service

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import shlex
 import subprocess
 
 # ===========================================
-# convert arguments of form ensure=running name=foo
+# convert arguments of form a=b c=d
 # to a dictionary
 # FIXME: make more idiomatic
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ for x in items:
     params[k] = v
 
 name = params['name']
-ensure = params.get('ensure','running')
+state = params.get('state','running')
 
 # ===========================================
 # get service status
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ elif name == 'iptables' and status.find("ACCEPT") != -1:
     running = True
 
 changed = False
-if not running and ensure == "started":
+if not running and state == "started":
     changed = True
-elif running and ensure == "stopped":
+elif running and state == "stopped":
     changed = True
-elif ensure == "restarted":
+elif state == "restarted":
     changed = True
 
 # ===========================================
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ def _run(cmd):
 
 rc = 0
 if changed:
-    if ensure == 'started':
+    if state == 'started':
         rc = _run("/sbin/service %s start" %  name)
-    elif ensure == 'stopped':
+    elif state == 'stopped':
         rc = _run("/sbin/service %s stop" % name)
-    elif ensure == 'restarted':
+    elif state == 'restarted':
         rc1 = _run("/sbin/service %s stop" % name)
         rc2 = _run("/sbin/service %s start" % name)
         rc  = rc1 and rc2

library/template

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except ImportError:
     import simplejson as json
 
 # ===========================================
-# convert arguments of form ensure=running name=foo
+# convert arguments of form a=b c=d
 # to a dictionary
 # FIXME: make more idiomatic