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Practical Ansible - Second Edition
Practical Ansible - Second Edition

Practical Ansible: Learn how to automate infrastructure, manage configuration, and deploy applications, Second Edition

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Practical Ansible - Second Edition

Part 1:Learning the Fundamentals of Ansible

In this section, we will take a look at the very fundamentals of Ansible. We will start with the process of installing Ansible and then we will get to grips with the fundamentals, including the basics of the language and ad-hoc commands. We will then explore Ansible inventories, before looking at writing our very first playbooks and roles to complete multi-stage automation tasks.

This section contains the following chapters:

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Key benefits

  • Orchestrate major cloud platforms such as OpenStack, AWS, and Azure
  • Use Ansible to automate network devices
  • Automate your containerized workload with Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes
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Description

Ansible empowers you to automate a myriad of tasks, including software provisioning, configuration management, infrastructure deployment, and application rollouts. It can be used as a deployment tool as well as an orchestration tool. While Ansible provides simple yet powerful features to automate multi-layer environments using agentless communication, it can also solve other critical IT challenges, such as ensuring continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) with zero downtime. In this book, you'll work with the latest release of Ansible and learn how to solve complex issues quickly with the help of task-oriented scenarios. You'll start by installing and configuring Ansible on Linux and macOS to automate monotonous and repetitive IT tasks and learn concepts such as playbooks, inventories, and roles. As you progress, you'll gain insight into the YAML syntax and learn how to port between Ansible versions. Additionally, you'll understand how Ansible enables you to orchestrate multi-layer environments such as networks, containers, and the cloud. By the end of this Ansible book, you'll be well versed in writing playbooks and other related Ansible code to overcome all your IT challenges, from infrastructure-as-a-code provisioning to application deployments and handling mundane day-to-day maintenance tasks.

What you will learn

  • Explore the fundamentals of the Ansible framework
  • Understand how collections enhance your automation efforts
  • Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls when writing automation code
  • Extend Ansible by developing your own modules and plugins
  • Contribute to the Ansible project by submitting your own code
  • Follow best practices for working with cloud environment inventories
  • Troubleshoot issues triggered during Ansible playbook runs

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Publication date : Sep 29, 2023
Length 420 pages
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Table of Contents

21 Chapters
Preface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
1. Part 1:Learning the Fundamentals of Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Chapter 2: Understanding the Fundamentals of Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Chapter 3: Defining Your Inventory Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Chapter 4: Playbooks and Roles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Part 2:Expanding the Capabilities of Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Chapter 5: Creating and Consuming Modules Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Chapter 6: Creating and Consuming Collections Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Chapter 7: Creating and Consuming Plugins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Chapter 8: Coding Best Practices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Chapter 9: Advanced Ansible Topics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. Part 3:Using Ansible in an Enterprise Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
13. Chapter 10: Network Automation with Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
14. Chapter 11: Container and Cloud Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
15. Chapter 12: Troubleshooting and Testing Strategies Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
16. Chapter 13: Getting Started with Ansible Automation Controller Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
17. Chapter 14: Execution Environments Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
18. Assessments Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
19. Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
20. Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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