When you choose a particular technology or tool, you generally start with what it offers. You slowly understand the philosophy then went into building the tool and what problems it helps you solve. However, you only truly feel comfortable and in control when you understand how it works in depth. At some stage, to utilize the complete power of a tool, you'll have to customize it in ways that suit your particular needs. Over a period of time, tools that provide you with an easy way to plug in new functionalities stay, and those that don't, disappear from the market. It's a similar story with Ansible as well. All tasks in the Ansible playbook are modules of some kind, and it comes loaded with hundreds of modules. You will find a module for almost anything that you might need. However, there are always exceptions, and this is where the power to extend Ansible...
Learning Ansible 2.7 - Third Edition
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Learning Ansible 2.7 - Third Edition
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Overview of this book
Ansible is an open source automation platform that assists organizations with tasks such as application deployment, orchestration, and task automation. With the release of Ansible 2.7, even complex tasks can be handled much more easily than before.
Learning Ansible 2.7 will help you take your first steps toward understanding the fundamentals and practical aspects of Ansible by introducing you to topics such as playbooks, modules, and the installation of Linux, Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), and Windows support. In addition to this, you will focus on various testing strategies, deployment, and orchestration to build on your knowledge. The book will then help you get accustomed to features including cleaner architecture, task blocks, and playbook parsing, which can help you to streamline automation processes. Next, you will learn how to integrate Ansible with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) before gaining insights into the enterprise versions of Ansible, Ansible Tower and Ansible Galaxy. This will help you to use Ansible to interact with different operating systems and improve your working efficiency.
By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the Ansible skills you need to automate complex tasks for your organization.
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Learning Ansible 2.7 - Third Edition
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Section 1: Creating a Web Server Using Ansible
Getting Started with Ansible
Automating Simple Tasks
Section 2: Deploying Playbooks in a Production Environment
Scaling to Multiple Hosts
Handling Complex Deployment
Going Cloud
Getting Notification from Ansible
Section 3: Deploying an Application with Ansible
Creating a Custom Module
Debugging and Error Handling
Complex Environments
Section 4: Deploying an Application with Ansible
Introducing Ansible for Enterprises
Getting Started with AWX
Working with AWX Users, Permissions, and Organizations
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