
Mastering Ansible
Effectively automate configuration management and deployment challenges with Ansible 2.7
Packt Publishing
3rd Edition
Published on 25. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-1-78995-154-7 (ISBN)
Description
Design, develop, and solve real-world automation and orchestration problems by unlocking the automation capabilities of Ansible.
Key Features
Tackle complex automation challenges with the newly added features in Ansible 2.7
Book DescriptionAutomation is essential for success in the modern world of DevOps. Ansible provides a simple, yet powerful, automation engine for tackling complex automation challenges.
This book will take you on a journey that will help you exploit the latest version's advanced features to help you increase efficiency and accomplish complex orchestrations. This book will help you understand how Ansible 2.7 works at a fundamental level and will also teach you to leverage its advanced capabilities. Throughout this book, you will learn how to encrypt Ansible content at rest and decrypt data at runtime. Next, this book will act as an ideal resource to help you master the advanced features and capabilities required to tackle complex automation challenges. Later, it will walk you through workflows, use cases, orchestrations, troubleshooting, and Ansible extensions. Lastly, you will examine and debug Ansible operations, helping you to understand and resolve issues.
By the end of the book, you will be able to unlock the true power of the Ansible automation engine and tackle complex, real- world actions with ease.What you will learn
Gain an in-depth understanding of how Ansible works under the hood
Fully automate Ansible playbook executions with encrypted data
Access and manipulate variable data within playbooks
Use blocks to perform failure recovery or cleanup
Explore the Playbook debugger and the Ansible Console
Troubleshoot unexpected behavior effectively
Work with cloud infrastructure providers and container systems
Develop custom modules, plugins, and dynamic inventory sources
Who this book is forThis book is for Ansible developers and operators who have an understanding of its core elements and applications but are now looking to enhance their skills in applying automation using Ansible.
Key Features
Tackle complex automation challenges with the newly added features in Ansible 2.7
Book DescriptionAutomation is essential for success in the modern world of DevOps. Ansible provides a simple, yet powerful, automation engine for tackling complex automation challenges.
This book will take you on a journey that will help you exploit the latest version's advanced features to help you increase efficiency and accomplish complex orchestrations. This book will help you understand how Ansible 2.7 works at a fundamental level and will also teach you to leverage its advanced capabilities. Throughout this book, you will learn how to encrypt Ansible content at rest and decrypt data at runtime. Next, this book will act as an ideal resource to help you master the advanced features and capabilities required to tackle complex automation challenges. Later, it will walk you through workflows, use cases, orchestrations, troubleshooting, and Ansible extensions. Lastly, you will examine and debug Ansible operations, helping you to understand and resolve issues.
By the end of the book, you will be able to unlock the true power of the Ansible automation engine and tackle complex, real- world actions with ease.What you will learn
Gain an in-depth understanding of how Ansible works under the hood
Fully automate Ansible playbook executions with encrypted data
Access and manipulate variable data within playbooks
Use blocks to perform failure recovery or cleanup
Explore the Playbook debugger and the Ansible Console
Troubleshoot unexpected behavior effectively
Work with cloud infrastructure providers and container systems
Develop custom modules, plugins, and dynamic inventory sources
Who this book is forThis book is for Ansible developers and operators who have an understanding of its core elements and applications but are now looking to enhance their skills in applying automation using Ansible.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
766 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78995-154-7 (9781789951547)
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James Freeman | Jesse Keating
Mastering Ansible.
Effectively automate configuration management and deployment challenges with Ansible 2.7
E-Book
06/2024
3rd Edition
Packt Publishing Limited
€32.49
Available for download
Persons
James Freeman is an accomplished IT professional with over 25 years' experience in the technology industry. He has more than a decade of first-hand experience in solving real-world enterprise problems in production environments using Ansible, open source, and AWS. As part of this work, he frequently introduces Ansible as a new technology to businesses and CTOs for the first time. In addition, he has co-authored five books and one video training course on Ansible, facilitated bespoke Ansible workshops and training sessions, and presented at both international conferences and meetups on Ansible. Jesse Keating is an accomplished Ansible user, contributor, and presenter. He has been an active member of the Linux and open source community for over 15 years. He has firsthand experience involving a variety of IT activities, software development, and large-scale system administration. He has presented at numerous conferences and meetups, and has written many articles on a variety of topics.
Content
Table of Contents
The System Architecture and Design of Ansible
Protecting Your Secrets with Ansible
Infrastructure Management for Enterprises with AWX
Ansible and Windows - Not Just for Linux
Unlocking the Power of Jinja2 Templates
Controlling Task Conditions
Composing Reusable Ansible Content with Roles
Troubleshooting Ansible
Extending Ansible
Minimizing Downtime with Rolling Updates
Infrastructure Provisioning
Network Automation
The System Architecture and Design of Ansible
Protecting Your Secrets with Ansible
Infrastructure Management for Enterprises with AWX
Ansible and Windows - Not Just for Linux
Unlocking the Power of Jinja2 Templates
Controlling Task Conditions
Composing Reusable Ansible Content with Roles
Troubleshooting Ansible
Extending Ansible
Minimizing Downtime with Rolling Updates
Infrastructure Provisioning
Network Automation