Tag: Ansible
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Ansible tutorial for beginners: Playbook, commands & example
Posted on February 24, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies software provisioning, configuration management, and deployment across Unix-like and Windows systems by using infrastructure as code principles. Its standout features include ease of installation, agentless architecture (utilizing SSH for connections without requiring additional client-side installations), and comprehensive documentation which facilitates its use even among those with minimal system administration skills. Ansible's modularity supports large-scale orchestration efforts, making it ideal for managing complex environments. By David Carter.
Tags ansible learning devops programming cicd containers
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Terraform vs. Ansible: Key differences and comparison of tools
Posted on February 3, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length short
What is the difference between Terraform and Ansible? Terraform is an open-source platform designed to provision cloud infrastructure, while Ansible is an open-source configuration management tool focused on the configuration of that infrastructure. By Sumeet Ninawe.
Tags software-architecture app-development ansible devops
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Mastering Ansible roles: best practices and effective strategies
Posted on March 12, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
In the dynamic world of DevOps, where automation and configuration management are paramount, Ansible emerges as a powerful open-source tool of choice for many professionals. With its ability to facilitate continuous delivery and streamline software code deployment, Ansible has become an indispensable asset in the DevOps toolkit. By Gagan Baheti.
Tags cloud containers devops ansible
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What is an Ansible module and how does it work?
Posted on March 3, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
An Ansible® module is a small program that performs actions on a local machine, application programming interface (API), or remote host. Modules are expressed as code, usually in Python, and contain metadata that defines when and where a specific automation task is executed and which users can execute it. By @redhat.com.
Tags devops ansible apis app-development
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A detailed guide on Ansible Tower
Posted on October 3, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
As digitalization becomes a norm, businesses are transitioning to cloud services for increased scalability, cost-effectiveness, and operational efficiency. But this transformation comes with a new challenge — securing the cloud. By Tinsae Erkailo.
Tags devops ansible learning cicd
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Terraform vs. Ansible: Key differences and comparison of tools
Posted on September 5, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Ansible vs Terraform battle continues to escalate as the DevOps environment focuses more on automation and orchestration. These two tools help in automating configurations and deploying infrastructure. Terraform offers to deploy Infrastructure as a Code, helps in readability and lift and shift deployments. Ansible is a configuration management tool for automating system configuration and management. By Sandeep Kumar.
Tags ansible app-development devops how-to
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How to use Ansible to create reports with Lynis, automate audits, and evaluate the security of your systems
Posted on April 29, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
From the server administrators of highly technological organizations, to product managers of financial institutions, down to the one-man startups that just want to secure their shopping cart, the same question pops up: "If TLS/SSL certificates all do the same thing, what type should we get?" By Digicert.
Tags ansible servers linux infosec
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Automate like an expert with Ansible validated content
Posted on January 6, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
During AnsibleFest 2022, we announced the launch of Ansible validated content. This new initiative is focused on delivering an expert-led approach for automating your platform portfolio across infrastructure, networking, cloud, security and edge use cases. By Massimo Ferrari.
Tags ansible devops app-development event-driven cio
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Building microservices using Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Docker Compose, and Github Actions
Posted on December 23, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Perform an emergency safety check to quickly disconnect apps and people from your iPhone. By Shubham Agarwal.
Tags devops ansible app-development cloud
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Peeling back the layers and understanding automation mesh
Posted on August 2, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 features an awesome new way to scale out your automation workloads: automation mesh. In this blog post, I want to focus on the technical implementation of automation mesh, what network ports it is using and how you can secure it. By Sean Cavanaugh.
Tags devops app-development web-development ansible event-driven
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Using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to enable a Policy as Code solution
Posted on July 28, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Scenario: much of the staff's time is spent making sure that the infrastructure as code (IaC) implementation is in compliance with the standards and policies that his company has for cloud resources. This was the reason why he brought me in to run a proof of concept (POC). The POC would validate what would become a Policy as Code solution based on one of the common IaC products. By Tim Coulter @redhat.com.
Tags ansible devops cicd
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Change management in SAP projects: How employees drive transformation
Posted on February 28, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Unfamiliar systems, new processes, completely different ways of working: an SAP implementation may unsettle users. That's why change management is crucial for the success of any IT project, especially in the course of a business transformation. By Thomas Jenewein.
Tags ansible teams career software-architecture devops cio management