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Ansible presentation

Ansible Role directory structure

Tasks: This directory contains one or more files with tasks . These file can also refer to files and templates without needing to provide the exact path.
Handlers: Add all your handlers in this directory
Files: This directory contains all your static files and scripts that might be copied or executed to remote machine.
Templates: This directory is reserved for templates that generate files on remote hosts.
Vars: You define variables inside this directory and then can be referenced elsewhere in role.
defaults: This directory lets you define default variables for included or dependent role.
meta: This directory is used for dependency management such as dependency roles.