Ansible - Cloud Automation

Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies the process of configuring and managing computer systems, making it easier to deploy applications and manage infrastructure through code. It uses a simple and human-readable language, making it accessible even to those with limited programming experience. Ansible automates tasks like software installation, configuration, and updates, helping organizations streamline their IT operations and improve efficiency.

How to use Terraform, AWS, and Ansible Together

This Ansible AWS tutorial shows how to use Ansible and its dynamic inventory AWS plugin to provision the software and configuration of infrastructure that has been created with Terraform.

How to Install Ansible

How To Install The Ansible Control Node in Ubuntu.

Ansible OpenTofu Terraform

SSH

SSH, which stands for Secure Shell, is a cryptographic network protocol that allows for secure communication and data transfer between two computers over an insecure network. Usage: Key features of SSH: Applications of SSH: Next Steps:

Ansible AWS EC2 OpenTofu Public-Key SSH Terraform

Ansible Multiple Environment Best Practices

Handling multiple infrastructure environments with Ansible by targeting the environment tag that included in the mandatory AWS Tags

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Ansible Roles Best Practices

Ansible Roles Granularity We recommend building Ansible roles that are highly reusable by configuration, but we also recommend pragmatism as our highest priority. Roles for systems and applications designed to be standalone, or before the Cloud was around, are called "non-native cloud applications", often those are stateful applications that can not be clustered without sharing […]

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Ansible Playbook Structure Best Practices

Define and apply a company-wide consistent structure for all your Ansible Playbooks that allows for easy understanding and maximum reutilization

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Ansible Dynamic Inventory

Generate inventory (host and group information) dynamically rather than statically defining it in a static inventory file

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IaC

IaC is an approach to managing and provisioning computing infrastructure through machine-readable code and automation, rather than manual processes.

Ansible IaC OpenTofu Terraform

Kubernetes Cluster using Vagrant and Ansible with Containerd (in 3 minutes)

Tutorial and full source code explaining how to create a Kubernetes cluster with Ansible and Vagrant for local development under 3 minutes.

Ansible Kubernetes Vagrant VirtualBox

AWS VPC, Route 53, RDS MariaDB, EC2 using Ansible and Terraform (1/5)

Tutorial and source code explaining how to provision and configure a VPC, Route 53, RDS MariaDB, Instances and security groups using Ansible and Terraform on AWS to run WordPress in an Ubuntu server with Nginx, PHP, and Let’s Encrypt.

Ansible AWS AWS EC2 OpenTofu Terraform VPC