Ansible is a simple, but powerful, server and configuration management tool. Learn to use Ansible effectively, whether you manage one server--or thousands.
Ansible is an Open Source IT automation tool. This book contains all of the obvious and not-so-obvious best practices of Ansible automation. Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology. You are going to start with the installation of Ansible in Enterprise Linux, Community Linux, Windows, and macOS using the most command package manager and archives. Each of the 200+ lessons summarizes a module: from the most important parameter to some Ansible code and real-life usage. Each code is battle proved in the real life. Simplifying mundane activities like creating a text file, extracting and archiving, fetching a repository using HTTPS or SSH connections could be automated with some lines of code and these are only some of the long lists included in the course. There are some Ansible codes usable in all the Linux systems, some specific for RedHat-like, Debian-like, and Windows systems. The 20+ Ansible troubleshooting lesson teaches you how to read the error message, how to reproduce, and the process of troubleshooting and resolution. Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible? Examples in the book are tested with the latest version of Ansible 2.9+ and Ansible Core 2.11+.
Among the many configuration management tools available, Ansible has some distinct advantages—it’s minimal in nature, you don’t need to install anything on your nodes, and it has an easy learning curve. This practical guide shows you how to be productive with this tool quickly, whether you’re a developer deploying code to production or a system administrator looking for a better automation solution. Author Lorin Hochstein shows you how to write playbooks (Ansible’s configuration management scripts), manage remote servers, and explore the tool’s real power: built-in declarative modules. You’ll discover that Ansible has the functionality you need and the simplicity you desire. Understand how Ansible differs from other configuration management systems Use the YAML file format to write your own playbooks Learn Ansible’s support for variables and facts Work with a complete example to deploy a non-trivial application Use roles to simplify and reuse playbooks Make playbooks run faster with ssh multiplexing, pipelining, and parallelism Deploy applications to Amazon EC2 and other cloud platforms Use Ansible to create Docker images and deploy Docker containers
Ansible is an Open Source IT automation tool. This book contains all of the obvious and not-so-obvious best practices of Ansible automation. Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology. You are going to start with the installation of Ansible in Enterprise and Community Linux using the most command package manager and archives. Each of the 200+ lessons summarizes a module: from the most important parameter to some Ansible code and real-life usage. Each code is battle proved in the real life. Simplifying mundane activities like creating a text file, extracting and archiving, fetching a repository using HTTPS or SSH connections could be automated with some lines of code and these are only some of the long lists included in the course. There are some Ansible codes usable in all the Linux systems, some specific for RedHat-like, Debian-like, and Suse-like. The 20+ Ansible troubleshooting lesson teaches you how to read the error message, how to reproduce, and the process of troubleshooting and resolution. Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible? Examples in the book are tested with the latest version of Ansible 2.9+ and Ansible Core 2.11+.
This book is your concise guide to Ansible, the simple way to automate apps and IT infrastructure. In less than 250 pages, this book takes you from knowing nothing about configuration management to understanding how to use Ansible in a professional setting. You will learn how to create an Ansible playbook to automatically set up an environment, ready to install an open source project. You’ll extract common tasks into roles that you can reuse across all your projects, and build your infrastructure on top of existing open source roles and modules that are available for you to use. You will learn to build your own modules to perform actions specific to your business. By the end you will create an entire cluster of virtualized machines, all of which have your applications and all their dependencies installed automatically. Finally, you'll test your Ansible playbooks. Ansible can do as much or as little as you want it to. Ansible: From Beginner to Pro will teach you the key skills you need to be an Ansible professional. You’ll be writing roles and modules and creating entire environments without human intervention in no time at all – add it to your library today. What You Will Learn Learn why Ansible is so popular and how to download and install it Create a playbook that automatically downloads and installs a popular open source project Use open source roles to complete common tasks, and write your own specific to your business Extend Ansible by writing your own modules Test your infrastructure using Test Kitchen and ServerSpec Who This Book Is For Developers that currently create development and production environments by hand. If you find yourself running apt-get install regularly, this book is for you. Ansible adds reproducibility and saves you time all at once. Ansible: From Beginner to Pro is great for any developer wanting to enhance their skillset and learn new tools.
Run Ansible playbooks to launch complex multi-tier applications hosted in public clouds Key Features Build your learning curve using Ansible Automate cloud, network, and security infrastructures with ease Gain hands-on exposure on Ansible Book Description Ansible has grown from a small, open source orchestration tool to a full-blown orchestration and configuration management tool owned by Red Hat. Its powerful core modules cover a wide range of infrastructures, including on-premises systems and public clouds, operating systems, devices, and services—meaning it can be used to manage pretty much your entire end-to-end environment. Trends and surveys say that Ansible is the first choice of tool among system administrators as it is so easy to use. This end-to-end, practical guide will take you on a learning curve from beginner to pro. You'll start by installing and configuring the Ansible to perform various automation tasks. Then, we'll dive deep into the various facets of infrastructure, such as cloud, compute and network infrastructure along with security. By the end of this book, you'll have an end-to-end understanding of Ansible and how you can apply it to your own environments. What you will learn Write your own playbooks to configure servers running CentOS, Ubuntu, and Windows Identify repeatable tasks and write playbooks to automate them Define a highly available public cloud infrastructure in code, making it easy to distribute your infrastructure configuration Deploy and configure Ansible Tower and Ansible AWX Learn to use community contributed roles Use Ansible in your day-to-day role and projects Who this book is for Learn Ansible is perfect for system administrators and developers who want to take their current workflows and transform them into repeatable playbooks using Ansible. No prior knowledge of Ansible is required.
Ansible is an Open Source IT automation tool. This book contains all of the obvious and not-so-obvious best practices of Ansible automation for Security and Compliance. Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology. You are going to start with the installation of Ansible in Enterprise Linux, Community Linux, Windows, and macOS using the most command package manager and archives. Each of the 100+ lessons summarizes a module: from the most important parameter to some Ansible code and real-life usage. Each code is battle proved in the real life. Simplifying mundane activities like creating a text file, extracting and archiving, fetching a repository using HTTPS or SSH connections could be automated with some lines of code and these are only some of the long lists included in the course. There are some Ansible codes usable in all the Linux systems, some specific for RedHat-like, Debian-like, and Windows systems. The 20+ Ansible troubleshooting lesson teaches you how to read the error message, how to reproduce, and the process of troubleshooting and resolution. Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible? Examples in the book are tested with the latest version of Ansible 2.9+ and Ansible Core 2.11+.
Ansible is an Open Source IT automation tool. This book contains all of the obvious and not-so-obvious best practices of Ansible automation. Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology. You are going to start with basic concepts and the installation of Ansible in Enterprise Linux and Community Linux using the most command package manager and archives. Each of the 40+ lessons summarizes a specific scenario about files and directories management: creating an empty file, creating a text file, assigning permission to users and groups, renaming files and directory, removing the files and directory, or copying between local and remote and vice-versa. Another useful administrator tool is to assign permission to files or directories as needed. Included extraction of a compressed zip file or tarball with the most common gzips and bzip2 UNIX formats. Moreover, that is a lesson about file download from a URL and verifying the genuinity with the checksum. Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible? Examples in the book are tested with the latest version of Ansible 2.9+ and Ansible Core 2.11+.
Learn the Ansible automation technology with some real-life examples. Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology. I'm going to teach you example by example how to accomplish the most common Dabatse Administrator tasks. Each of the lessons summarizes a module: from the most important parameter to some live demo of code and real-life usage. Each code is battle proved in the real life. Console interaction and verification are included in every lesson. Mundane activities like installing the database management system in Red Hat (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Amazon Linux, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, etc.) and Debian (Ubuntu, Scientific Linux) like systems, creating a database file, creating a user, granting the permission to a user to connect to the database, backup ad restore a single database could be automated with some lines of code and these are only some of the long lists included in the course. There are some Ansible codes usable in all the Linux systems, some specific for RedHat-like, Debian-like systems. The Ansible troubleshooting lesson teaches you how to read the error message, how to reproduce it, and the process of troubleshooting and resolution. Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible? Examples in the book are tested with the latest version of Ansible 2.9+ and Ansible Core 2.11+.
Learn the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with some real-life examples. As an expert in Ansible automation with over a decade of experience, I can confidently say that the Ansible Automation Platform is an excellent solution for automating IT infrastructure management. The installation process is straightforward and requires key steps to ensure successful implementation. The first step in installing the Ansible Automation Platform is setting up the necessary dependencies, which include installing Python and its related libraries. These dependencies are essential to the proper functioning of the platform, and it is crucial to ensure that they are installed correctly. Next, the Ansible Automation Platform packages are installed, which include the control node, the managed node, and the web-based interface. The control node executes Ansible playbooks, while the managed nodes are Ansible-managed systems. The web-based interface provides a user-friendly interface for managing Ansible operations. It is essential to ensure that the control node and managed nodes are correctly configured to prevent any operational issues. This includes setting up access control and security measures to protect sensitive information. One of the key benefits of the Ansible Automation Platform is its compatibility with various operating systems, including Linux, macOS, and Windows. This allows for greater flexibility in deployment and ensures that the platform can be implemented in virtually any environment. In conclusion, installing the Ansible Automation Platform is a critical step in automating IT infrastructure management. By following the proper installation procedures and configuring the platform to meet the organization's specific needs, the Ansible Automation Platform can greatly enhance productivity and streamline IT operations.