Before we delve into the practical aspects of installing Pulp, let's take a more in-depth look at why you would use it. Throughout this book, we have advocated building a Linux environment that is standardized and features high degrees of repeatability, audibility, and predictability. These are important not just as a foundation for automation, but also serves as good practice in the enterprise.
Let's assume that you build a server and deploy a new service to it with Ansible, as we have set out earlier in this book. So far, so good—the Ansible playbooks provide documentation on the build standard and ensure the build can be accurately repeated at a later date. There is a catch, however. Let's say that, a few months later, you return to create another server—perhaps to scale an application or for a Disaster Recovery...