System Administration

Managing Compliance Drift with Ansible: A Guide to Ensuring Configuration Consistency

Managing Compliance Drift with Ansible In the fast-paced world of IT operations, maintaining configuration compliance is essential for securing systems and ensuring operational efficiency.

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Set Default Ansible SSH Username and Password for Automation

Learn how to configure default SSH credentials for seamless Ansible automation.

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Simplify Disk Management with Ansible Quota Module

Managing disk usage quotas is critical for ensuring fair resource allocation in shared environments like multi-user servers or DevOps pipelines.

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Troubleshooting: Configure User Quotas on Ansible Managed Systems

Troubleshooting: Configure User Quotas on Ansible Managed Systems Learn how to resolve the common error related to user quota configuration using Ansible.

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Troubleshooting: Configure User Quotas on XFS File Systems Using Ansible

Troubleshooting: Configure User Quotas on XFS File Systems Using Ansible Learn how to resolve the common error related to user quota configuration on XFS file systems with Ansible.

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Automating Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) with Ansible

Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) is a powerful feature that ensures files are synchronized across multiple servers in a network.

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Ansible-Lint in Air-Gapped Environments: Offline Setup Guide

Using Ansible-Lint in Air-Gapped Environments: Best Practices and Troubleshooting When managing infrastructure in air-gapped environments—where systems are isolated from the internet for security purposes—teams often encounter challenges related to software dependencies that require online access.

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Handling Non-Compliant Variable Names in Ansible Easily

Handling Variable Naming Constraints in Ansible: Workarounds for Compliance When working with automation tools like Ansible, adhering to variable naming conventions is essential for maintainability, readability, and avoiding conflicts.

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Generate Clean YAML Output from Ansible Facts

Ansible is a powerful tool for automating tasks, but when working with dynamically generated data, such as Ansible facts, it can sometimes be tricky to produce clean, well-formatted output.

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Setting Up Neo4j GenAI Environment on Fedora Using Ansible

Setting Up a Neo4j GenAI Environment on Fedora In this article, we will walk through the steps to set up a Neo4j GenAI Python environment on a Fedora system using Ansible automation.

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JSON Data Search with Ansible

Introduction Ansible is a powerful tool used for automation and configuration management.

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Coursera Back-End Infrastructure: Servers, Secure APIs and Data

Back-End Infrastructure: Servers, Secure APIs and Data on Coursera What you’ll learn Evaluate the integral role of data protection in securing back-end infrastructure and APIs.

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Coursera Technical Troubleshooting: Diagnostics, Networks, Customers

Technical Troubleshooting: Diagnostics, Networks, Customers on Coursera What you’ll learn Analyze and resolve complex software issues using systematic approaches.

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Creating Custom Ansible Plugins to Fetch API Data Easily

Introduction Ansible is a powerful automation tool used for configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.

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Celebrate SysAdmin Day 2024 with Ansible Pilot Automation Expertise

Happy SysAdmin Day! Today, we celebrate the heroes behind the scenes who keep our digital world running smoothly.

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Automate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with Ansible Playbooks

Introduction In today’s IT landscape, the automation of cloud infrastructure has become a pivotal aspect of managing scalable, reliable, and efficient systems.

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Ansible Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Ansible Development: A Comprehensive Guide Ansible is an open-source automation tool developed by Red Hat that enables IT professionals to automate tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.

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Ansible Documentation: Your Comprehensive Guide

Ansible Documentation: Your Comprehensive Guide Ansible, an open-source automation tool developed by Red Hat, is designed to simplify complex IT tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration.

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Inserting Text in Files Using ANSI-C Quoting in OSX with sed

Inserting Text in Files Using ANSI-C Quoting in OSX with sed When working with text files on OSX, the sed (stream editor) command proves to be a powerful tool for making automated edits.

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Ansible Troubleshooting SSH Connection Issues

Error Overview When running an Ansible playbook, you may encounter the following error message:

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Ansible Troubleshooting Installation Issues on macOS and Python

Introduction Ansible is a powerful automation tool used by IT professionals to manage and configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero-downtime rolling updates.

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Automating File Reading with Ansible

Introduction Automation is key in modern IT infrastructure management. Ansible, a powerful automation tool, makes it easy to manage complex environments.

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Pluralsight The IT Ops Labs: Maintain, Monitor, and Troubleshoot Kubernetes

Kubernetes Maintain, Monitor, and Troubleshoot on Pluralsight Title: The IT Ops Labs: Configure and Manage Kubernetes Storage and Scheduling

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Knee: The Ansible-Powered CLI for Seamless Infrastructure Automation

Introduction In today’s fast-paced tech environment, repetitive tasks like software installations and system configurations are not just time-consuming but also prone to errors, leading to inefficiencies and operational delays.

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Ansible 2.17.0-rc1: Elevating Automation with ‘Gallows Pole’

Introduction In the rapidly evolving world of IT, efficiency and security are not just aspirations but necessities.

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