Ansible

Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Vault?

November 12, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible-vault, playbook, security, YAML, sensible data, encryption, password

Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Vault? How to store variables and files in an encrypted way using the ansible-vault command line utility.

🛟 How to Navigate 2022 IT Turbulent Time - Weathering New Challenges

November 10, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, job, information technology, 2022

10th November, 2022 Hello Ansible Pilot Community, This article is a bit different from the usual one because we are all living in some turbulent times, and I would like to share with you some personal thoughts and maybe relate to you.

Mastering Ansible Command: Ad-Hoc Tasks and System Management

October 27, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, ad-hoc, ansible command, command-line, linux, YAML

What does the ansible command? I’m going to show you a live Playbook.

Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Playbook?

October 20, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible-playbook, playbook, reuse, YAML

What is an Ansible Playbook? I will show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Install Ansible on macOS Monterey with Homebrew

September 27, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, brew, developer, devops, mac, apple

How to Install Ansible for Mac Universal (Intel Chip and Apple Silicon) using Homebrew?

Why Every IT Professional, Quiet Quitter or Not, Should Learn Ansible

September 19, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, career, infrastructure, 2022, quiet quitting

Introduction Ansible is an amazing tool to automate your information technology infrastructure.

Ansible For VMware By Examples with Apress book

September 12, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, book, apress, vmware, online, 2022, vSphere, ESX, book, ebook

Buy on Amazon Buy on Apress Who This Book Is For IT professionals of the information technology who would like a jargon-free understanding of Ansible technology, including VMware, Linux, and Windows Systems Administrators, DevOps professionals, thought leaders, and infrastructure-as-code enthusiasts.

Current ansible-playbook Path - playbook_dir Magic Variable - Ansible Tip and Tricks

July 22, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, magic, variable, linux, internal, tip, tricks

How to display the Current ansible-playbook Path? I’m going to show you how to Use the “playbook_dir” Ansible Magic Variable in Ansible Playbook with 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.

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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Difference Between ansible_hostname and inventory_hostname Explained

March 11, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible_hostname, inventory_hostname, ansible_fqdn, variables, ansible internal, tricks, ansible_fqdn

What is the difference between ansible_hostname vs inventory_hostname? These two ansible internal variables sometimes confuse one for another but they’re fundamentally different.

Execute command on the Ansible host - Ansible localhost

March 9, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, localhost, task, plugin, reuse, connection

How to Execute command on the Ansible host? When Ansible becomes part of your daily workflow it is natural you would like to automate also task in your local machine.