three_modules.yml

--- # Using three basic ansible modules to implement packages and log the results
-  hosts: xx.xx.xxx.xxx
   user: ansible
   sudo: yes
   gather_facts: no
   tasks:
   - name: date/time stamp when the playbook starts
     raw: /usr/bin/date > /home/ansible/playbook_start.log
   - name: install the apache web server
     yum: pkg=httpd state=latest
   - name: start the web service 
     service: name=httpd state=restarted 
   - name: verify that the web service is running
     command: systemctl status httpd
     register: result
   - debug: var=result
   - name: install client software - telnet
     yum: pkg=telnet state=latest
   - name: install client software- lynx
     yum: pkg=lynx state=latest
   - name: log all of the packages installed on the system
     raw: yum list installed > /home/ansible/installed.log
   - name: date/time stamp when the playbook ends
     raw: /usr/bin/date > /home/ansible/playbook_end.log