What does a minimal Ansible playbook look like?

A YAML list of plays; each play names its target hosts and lists tasks, and each task calls a module with arguments.

* A playbook holds plays, a play applies ordered tasks to an inventory group, and each task calls one module. *

**Go deeper:**

- ![doc](/quizzes/_icons/doc.svg) [Creating a playbook (official docs)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/getting_started/get_started_playbook.html) — step-by-step first playbook and how to run it against an inventory.
- ![video](/quizzes/_icons/video.svg) [What is Ansible | Ansible Playbook explained (TechWorld with Nana)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1id6ERvfozo) — walks through playbook structure visually.