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Create VMware vSphere VM with Ansible: Full Playbook Guide

May 12, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, vmware, infrastructure, linux, python, datacenter, cluster, host, virtualmachine

How to create a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

Configuring Ansible for VMware: Complete Setup Guide & Playbook

May 11, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, vmware, infrastructure, linux, python, datacenter, cluster, host, virtualmachine, pyvmomi, community.vmware, vmware_guest_info, tutorial, automation, scripting, devops, configuration management, playbook, module, ansible script

How to configure Ansible for VMware? Ansible provides various modules to manage VMware infrastructure, which includes data center, cluster, host system, and virtual machine.

How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory - Ansible module find

May 10, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, find, file, linux, file, directory, delete

How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Filter A List By Its Attributes - Ansible selectattr filter

May 9, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, playbook, filter, selectattr, report, ansible-playbook, facts

How to Filter A List By Its Attributes in an Ansible Playbook?

How to Run Only One Task in Ansible Playbook? - Ansible tags statement

May 6, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, playbook, tag, tags, statement, ansible-playbook

How to run only one task in an Ansible Playbook? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Automate Dell EMC DNOS 10 Backups with Ansible Playbook

May 5, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, network, dell, emc, backup, dnos, ansible network

How to Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 10 with Ansible?

Automate Mikrotik RouterOS Config Backups with Ansible

May 5, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, network, Mikrotik, RouterOS, backup, ansible network

How to Backup Config on Mikrotik RouterOS with Ansible? Maintaining a backup copy of your network appliance configuration is a good practice for all IT Professionals.

Backup Dell EMC DNOS 6 Configs with Ansible Playbook

May 5, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, network, dell, emc, backup, dnos, ansible network

How to Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 6 with Ansible?

Deploy Kubernetes Resources with Ansible Playbook

May 4, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, pod, security, yaml

How to Apply Multiple Yaml Files at Once on Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP with Ansible?

Write a Variable to a File - Ansible module copy vs template

May 3, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, copy, module, linux, template, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, variables

How to write a variable to file with Ansible? From a simple value or the result of complex command execution on the target node often we have the need to write the result to a file.

How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish — Ansible Install

May 2, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, install, Ubuntu, operating system, installation, linux, apt

How to install Ansible in the latest Ubuntu 22.04. Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside Ubuntu 22.

Assign Memory to Kubernetes Pods with Ansible

April 19, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, pod, security, yaml

How to Assign Memory Resources to Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Containers and Pods with Ansible?

Configure a Pod to Use a Volume for Storage on Kubernetes or OpenShift with Ansible

April 19, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, pod, security, storage, volume

How to Configure a Pod to Use a Volume for Storage on Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP?

Ansible troubleshooting - Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP 401 Unauthorized

April 14, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, namespace, security, error, fatal

Ansible troubleshooting - Kubernetes K8s/OpenShift OCP 401 Unauthorized Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the “Kubernetes 401 Unauthorized” message.

Optimize Kubernetes CPU Resources with Ansible Playbooks

April 14, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, pod, security, yaml

How to Assign CPU Resources to Kubernetes (K8s) or OpenShift (OCP) Containers and Pods with Ansible Welcome to another episode of Ansible Pilot!

Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Service - Ansible module k8s

April 13, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, service, security

How to create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Service with Ansible?

Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Pod - nginx - Ansible module k8s

April 12, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, pod, security

How to create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Pod with Ansible?

Create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP Secret - Ansible module k8s

April 11, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
kubernetes, openshift, k8s, containers, ocp, cluster, secret, security

How to create Kubernetes K8s or OpenShift OCP secret with Ansible?

Understanding win_command vs win_shell Modules in Ansible for Windows Automation

April 8, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, command, shell, console, window, PowerShell, cmd.exe, ansible news

Ansible modules - win_command vs win_shell How to automate the execution of PowerShell or cmd.

Ansible Command vs Shell Modules: Key Differences Explained

April 6, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, command, shell, console, linux, bash, zsh

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Backup With Robocopy on Windows - Ansible module win_robocopy

April 4, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, backup, file, directory, sync, robocopy, windows, rsync

How to Backup With Robocopy on Windows with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

Three options to Safely Limit Ansible Playbooks Execution to a Single Machine

March 31, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible run playbook on one host, ansible, limit, hosts, command-line, playbook, hostname, inventory, linux, shell

Three options to Safely Limit Ansible Playbooks Execution to a Single Machine.

Set Execute Permission (a+x) on Linux File Using Ansible

March 30, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, file, module, permission, filesystem, linux, redhat, ubuntu, chmod

How to Add Execute Permission 755 on Linux file with Ansible?

Ansible troubleshooting - This command has to be run under the root user

March 28, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, troubleshooting, permission, linux, error, fatal, become

Introduction Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the “This command has to be run under the root user” message.

Efficient File Backup with Rsync Using Ansible

March 28, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, rsync, module, file sharing, networking, backup, linux, windows

How to backing up with rsync with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.