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Published inDec 2021

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ISBN-139781801818780

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James Freeman

Jesse Keating

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To follow the examples provided in this book, you will need access to a computer platform capable of running Ansible. Currently, Ansible can be run on any machine with Python 2.7 or Python 3 (versions 3.5 and higher) installed (Windows is supported for the control machine, but only through a Linux distribution running in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) layer available on newer versions—see Chapter 4, Ansible and Windows – Not Just for Linux, for details). Operating systems supported include (but are not limited to) Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, macOS, and FreeBSD.

This book uses the Ansible 4.x.x series release. Ansible installation instructions can be found at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html.

Some examples use Docker version 20.10.8. Docker installation instructions can be found at https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/.

A handful of examples in this book make use of accounts on both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. More information about these services may be found at https://aws.amazon.com/ and https://azure.microsoft.com, respectively. We also delve into the management of OpenStack with Ansible, and the examples in this book were tested against a single all-in-one instance of DevStack as per the instructions found here: https://docs.openstack.org/devstack/latest/.

Finally, Chapter 13, Network Automation, makes use of Arista vEOS 4.26.2F and Cumulus VX version 4.4.0 in the example code—please see here for more information: https://www.arista.com/en/support/software-download and https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/networking/ethernet-switching/cumulus-vx/. If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book's GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

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Authors (2)

James Freeman

James Freeman is an accomplished IT professional with over 25 years' experience in the technology industry. He has more than a decade of first-hand experience in solving real-world enterprise problems in production environments using Ansible, open source, and AWS. As part of this work, he frequently introduces Ansible as a new technology to businesses and CTOs for the first time. In addition, he has co-authored five books and one video training course on Ansible, facilitated bespoke Ansible workshops and training sessions, and presented at both international conferences and meetups on Ansible.
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Jesse Keating

Jesse Keating is an accomplished Ansible user, contributor, and presenter. He has been an active member of the Linux and open source community for over 15 years. He has firsthand experience involving a variety of IT activities, software development, and large-scale system administration. He has presented at numerous conferences and meetups, and has written many articles on a variety of topics.
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