Historically, a network consisted of mostly hardware with just a modicum of software involvement. Changing the topology of it involved installing and configuring new switches or blades in a chassis or, at the very least, re-patching some cables. Now, the scenario has changed, and the complex infrastructures built to cater for multi-tenant environments such as cloud hosting, or microservice-based deployments, require a network that is more agile and flexible. This has led to the emergence of Software Defined Networking (SDN), an approach that centralizes the network configuration (where historically it was configured on a per-device basis) and results in network topology being defined as a whole, rather than as a series of component parts. It is, if you like, an abstraction layer for the network itself and thus implies that just like infrastructure as a service...
Mastering Ansible. - Third Edition
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Mastering Ansible. - Third Edition
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Overview of this book
Automation 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.
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Mastering Ansible. - Third Edition
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Preface
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Section 1: Ansible Overview and Fundamentals
The System Architecture and Design of Ansible
Protecting Your Secrets with Ansible
Ansible and Windows - Not Just for Linux
Infrastructure Management for Enterprises with AWX
Section 2: Writing and Troubleshooting Ansible Playbooks
Unlocking the Power of Jinja2 Templates
Controlling Task Conditions
Composing Reusable Ansible Content with Roles
Troubleshooting Ansible
Extending Ansible
Section 3: Orchestration with Ansible
Minimizing Downtime with Rolling Deployments
Infrastructure Provisioning
Network Automation
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