Category: Ansible
Using Ansible playbook to install Docker on Centos 7
Introduction Docker is a containerization engine and platform that encapsulates application code along with all of its dependencies inside a container. Containers are like virtual machines but they are more portable, more...
Read MoreAnsible: insert a line after a string using lineinfile module
Introduction I recently came across a situation wherein I needed to search for a string/word in a file and then append some piece of text after the matched string. I’m sure that there are many ways to accomplish this using...
Read MoreAnsible install on RHEL 8 explained
Introduction Automating the administration of our servers has become more important than ever with the exponential growth of our server estate. Using Ansible for automation gives us security, reliability and the need for lesser...
Read MoreUsing ansible-doc for accessing inbuilt documentation on ansible modules
Introduction In our earlier articles on Ansible we introduced you to some basic concepts related to Ansible and explained how to install it and set up a basic environment to use. In a subsequent article, we explained the basics...
Read MoreYAML: A quick introduction for working with Ansible
Introduction The term “Human Readable Automation” is often associated with Ansible and is one of the major driving factors behind the exponential increase in its popularity over the last few years. YAML is used in...
Read MoreAnsible: overview and installation
Introduction Ansible is an automation platform that consists of an automation language which is YAML, that can describe an IT application infrastructure in the form of Ansible playbooks. Along with the YAML automation language,...
Read MoreAnsible playbook for listing packages in Linux
Introduction Having an inventory of installed software available at hand is an important asset management function. Using this information, we can determine what software is installed on the system, what software needs to be...
Read MoreAnsible – presenting a season’s greetings playbook
Introduction As this year draws to an end i.e. today is the 31st of December as I’m writing this article. We are sure that your email and phone inboxes would be filled with wishes from your loved ones and friends. We...
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Read MorePuppet vs Ansible vs Docker comparison
Many a people who are into Dev-Ops may think why comparing Docker which is a container technology with configuration management tools like Puppet. Why we included docker is that it serves the same purpose as configuration...
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What is puppet? Why Linux/Unix users require it?
What is Puppet? The puppet is a configuration management tool used by system administrators and...
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Ansible: Reboot server in play-book and wait for it come back.
Ansible is a great and simple configuration management and orchestration tool. Some times we...
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