ansible

How to Dry Run an Ansible Playbook: Check & Diff Modes

May 23, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, playbook, debug, check, diff, troubleshooting, ansible validation

How to Dry Run an Ansible Playbook? The check and diff modes are extremely useful to have a clear vision of the changes that are going to be performed on the target node.

Use Date and Time in Ansible Without Facts

May 22, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, playbook, date, time, timestamp, ansible-playbook

How to use Date, Time, and Timestamp without Facts in Ansible Playbook.

Delete a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot - Ansible module vmware_guest_snapshot

May 18, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, vmware, infrastructure, linux, snapshot, datacenter, cluster, host, virtualmachine

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

Take a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot - Ansible module vmware_guest_snapshot

May 18, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, vmware, infrastructure, linux, snapshot, datacenter, cluster, host, virtualmachine, ESX, vSphere

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

Start a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_guest_powerstate

May 17, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, vmware, infrastructure, linux, run, datacenter, cluster, host, virtualmachine

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

Stop a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_guest_powerstate

May 17, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, vmware, infrastructure, linux, run, datacenter, cluster, host, virtualmachine, ESX, vSphere

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

How to install Ansible in Fedora 36 - Ansible install

May 16, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, install, fedora, yum, dnf, operating system, installation, linux, rpm

How to install Ansible in Fedora version 36. Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside Fedora 36 using the system repository.

Deploy a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine from a Template - Ansible module vmware_guest

May 13, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, vmware, infrastructure, linux, python, datacenter, cluster, host, virtualmachine

How to Deploy a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine from a Template with Ansible?

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?

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.

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.