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In automation (like Ansible), the term is overloaded. Something is only idempotent if it only tries to take action if the actual state does not match the desir
by senorsmile 6y ago
In automation (like Ansible), the term is overloaded. Something is only idempotent if it only tries to take action if the actual state does not match the desired state.
This will overwrite every time, which is inefficient.
As a plus, Ansible also notifies you which things have changed. This also enables easy dry runs (check_mode in Ansible).