First of all, let's set-up some basic directory structure and configuration:

1. Create Ansible configuration file.

   .. warning::

      Since Ansible 2.x has introduced much stricter controls over security of

      deployed Python scripts, it is recommended (as in this example) to use the

      ``pipelining`` option (which should also improve performance). This is in

      particular necessary in cases where the SSH user connecting to remote

      machine is *not* ``root``, but there are tasks that use ``become`` with

      non-root ``become_user`` (which is the case in Majic Ansible Roles). See

      `official documentation

      <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/become.html#becoming-an-unprivileged-user>`_

      and other alternatives to this.

   :file:`~/mysite/ansible.cfg`

   ::

     [defaults]

     roles_path=/home/ansible/majic-ansible-roles/roles:/home/ansible/mysite/roles

     force_handlers = True

     inventory = /home/ansible/mysite/hosts

     [ssh_connection]

     pipelining = True

2. Create directory where retry files will be stored at (so they woudln't

   pollute your home directory)::

     mkdir ~/mysite/retry

3. Create the inventory file.

   :file:`~/mysite/hosts`

   ::

     [preseed]

     localhost ansible_connection=local

     [communications]

     comms.example.com

     [web]

     www.example.com