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Ansible Quick Start Guide

By : Mohamed Alibi
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Ansible Quick Start Guide

By: Mohamed Alibi

Overview of this book

Configuration Management (CM) tools help administrators reduce their workload. Ansible is one of the best Configuration Management tools, and can act as an orchestrator for managing other CMs. This book is the easiest way to learn how to use Ansible as an orchestrator and a Configuration Management tool. With this book, you will learn how to control and monitor computer and network infrastructures of any size,physical or virtual. You will begin by learning about the Ansible client-server architecture. To get started, you will set up and configure an Ansible server. You will then go through the major features of Ansible: Playbook and Inventory. Then, we will look at Ansible systems and network modules. You will then use Ansible to enable infrastructure automated configuration management, followed by best practices for using Ansible roles and community modules. Finally, you will explore Ansible features such as Ansible Vault, Ansible Containers, and Ansible plugins.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Copyright and Credits

Ansible Quick Start Guide

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Commissioning Editor: Gebin GeorgeAcquisition Editor: Reshma RamanContent Development Editor:Mohammed Yusuf ImaratwaleTechnical Editor: Sushmeeta JenaCopy Editor:Safis EditingProject Coordinator: Hardik BhindeProofreader: Safis EditingIndexer:Tejal Daruwale SoniGraphics: Alishon MendonsaProduction Coordinator:Deepika Naik

First published: September 2018

Production reference: 1270918

Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK.

ISBN 978-1-78953-293-7

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