Ansible tags let you run (or skip) only specific parts of a playbook, which is invaluable when playbooks get large, when you’re iterating on one component, or when you need safer, more controlled deployments.
Used well, tags become a lightweight control plane for your automation: you can target setup steps, app deploy steps, config changes, or verification tasks without maintaining separate playbooks.
In the full guide, we cover:
- How tags work on tasks, roles, and blocks
- Running subsets with
--tagsand excluding with--skip-tags - Tagging conventions that scale across teams (and avoid “tag sprawl”)
- Common pitfalls: unexpected task inclusion, inheritance behavior, and debugging tips
➡️ Read the full article on our blog:
https://spacelift.io/blog/ansible-tags
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