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Ansible for Real-Life Automation
Ansible for Real-Life Automation

Ansible for Real-Life Automation: A complete Ansible handbook filled with practical IT automation use cases

By Gineesh Madapparambath
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Book Sep 2022 480 pages 1st Edition
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Publication date : Sep 30, 2022
Length 480 pages
Edition : 1st Edition
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781803235417
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Ansible for Real-Life Automation

Part 1: Using Ansible as Your Automation Tool

In this part, you will get a clear idea of how to get started with Ansible automation and automate your basic daily jobs.

This part of the book comprises the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, Ansible Automation – Introduction
  • Chapter 2, Starting with Simple Automation
  • Chapter 3, Automating Your Daily Jobs
  • Chapter 4, Exploring Collaboration in Automation Development
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Key benefits

  • Develop Ansible automation use cases by automating day-to-day IT and application operations
  • Use Ansible to automate private and public cloud, application containers, and container platforms
  • Improve your DevOps workflow with Ansible

Description

Get ready to leverage the power of Ansible’s wide applicability to automate and manage IT infrastructure with Ansible for Real-Life Automation. This book will guide you in setting up and managing the free and open source automation tool and remote-managed nodes in the production and dev/staging environments. Starting with its installation and deployment, you’ll learn automation using simple use cases in your workplace. You’ll go beyond just Linux machines to use Ansible to automate Microsoft Windows machines, network devices, and private and public cloud platforms such as VMWare, AWS, and GCP. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll integrate Ansible into your DevOps workflow and deal with application container management and container platforms such as Kubernetes. This Ansible book also contains a detailed introduction to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to help you get up to speed with Red Hat AAP and integration with CI/CD and ITSM. What’s more, you’ll implement efficient automation solutions while learning best practices and methods to secure sensitive data using Ansible Vault and alternatives to automate non-supported platforms and operations using raw commands, command modules, and REST API calls. By the end of this book, you’ll be proficient in identifying and developing real-life automation use cases using Ansible.

What you will learn

Explore real-life IT automation use cases and employ Ansible for automation Develop playbooks with best practices for production environments Approach different automation use cases with the most suitable methods Use Ansible for infrastructure management and automate VMWare, AWS, and GCP Integrate Ansible with Terraform, Jenkins, OpenShift, and Kubernetes Manage container platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift with Ansible Get to know the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and its capabilities

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Publication date : Sep 30, 2022
Length 480 pages
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Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781803235417
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Table of Contents

22 Chapters
Preface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 1: Using Ansible as Your Automation Tool Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Ansible Automation – Introduction Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Starting with Simple Automation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Automating Your Daily Jobs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Exploring Collaboration in Automation Development Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 2: Finding Use Cases and Integrations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Expanding Your Automation Landscape Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Automating Microsoft Windows and Network Devices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Managing Your Virtualization and Cloud Platforms Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Helping the Database Team with Automation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Implementing Automation in a DevOps Workflow Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Managing Containers Using Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Managing Kubernetes Using Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Integrating Ansible with Your Tools Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: Using Ansible for Secret Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 3: Managing Your Automation Development Flow with Best Practices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 14: Keeping Automation Simple and Efficient Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 15: Automating Non-Standard Platforms and Operations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 16: Ansible Automation Best Practices for Production Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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