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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.

Change Windows User Passwords with Ansible

March 24, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, user, module, user management, accounting, authorization, authentication, windows, local

How to change user passwords on Windows-like systems with Ansible? Password change is a mundane task that every System Administrator needs to perform regularly for your user base.

Remove a local user on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_user

March 23, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, user, module, user management, accounting, authorization, authentication, windows

How to Remove a local user on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Create Local User Accounts on Windows with Ansible Playbooks

March 22, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, user, module, user management, accounting, authorization, authentication, windows

How to Create a local user on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Remove a local group on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_group

March 21, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, group, module, user management, accounting, authorization, authentication, windows

How to Remove a local group on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Create Local Groups on Windows with Ansible Playbooks

March 18, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, group, module, user management, accounting, authorization, authentication, windows

How to Create a local group on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Add Windows Registry on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_regedit

March 17, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, registry, module, windows, windows server, regedit

How to Add Windows Registry key-value on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Remove Windows Registry path or key on Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_regedit

March 17, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, registry, module, windows, windows server

How to Remove Windows Registry key on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Check .NET Framework Version on Windows with Ansible

March 15, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, registry, module, dotnet, windows, net, windows server

How to Check the .NET Framework version on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Rolling Update Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_updates

March 15, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, update, module, win_updates, windows, rolling, windows server

How to perform Rolling Update with Ansible on Windows-like systems? Every System Administrator knows how important is to maintain an up-to-date fleet in a consistent state.

Verify File Existence on Windows with Ansible

March 15, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, win_stat, module, file

How to Check if a file exists on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Create Directories in Windows Systems Using Ansible

March 14, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, file, module, directory, windows, folder, windows server

How to create a directory in Windows-like systems with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

How to Check If a Directory Exists on Windows-like Systems with Ansible

March 13, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, stat, module, directory, windows, filesystem

How to check if a directory/folder exists on Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Install Spotify snap in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module snap

March 4, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, yum, module, redhat, centos, snap, container, fedora, coreos

How to Install Spotify snap on RedHat-like systems with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Install Spotify snap in Debian-like systems - Ansible module snap

March 3, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, apt, module, debian, ubuntu, snap, container, coreos

How to Install Spotify snap on Debian-like systems with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Update Zoom flatpak(s) in Linux systems - Ansible module command

March 3, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, yum, module, redhat, centos, flatpak, container, fedora, debian, ubuntu

How to update Zoom flatpak in Linux systems with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Install Zoom flatpak in Debian-like systems - Ansible module flatpak

March 2, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, apt, module, debian, ubuntu, flatpak, container, zoom flatpak

How to install Zoom flatpak in Debian-like systems with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Install Zoom flatpak in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module flatpak

March 2, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, yum, module, redhat, centos, flatpak, container, fedora, zoom flatpak

How to install Zoom flatpak in RedHat-like systems with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Concatenate Multiple Files in Order with Ansible Template

February 1, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, template, module, configuration, filesystem

How to use Concatenate multiple files in a specific order using Ansible?

Extract an archive in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_unzip

February 1, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, unarchive, module, file, windows, zip, unzip

How to extract a ZIP compressed archive in Windows-like systems in Ansible?

Copy files from Windows remote hosts - Ansible module fetch

January 31, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, fetch, module, files, windows

How to Copy files from Windows remote hosts with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Create an empty file in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_file

January 27, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, file, module, filesystem, win_file, Windows, Windows Server

How to create an empty file in Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Mitigate CVE-2021-4034 on RHEL with Ansible Playbook

January 27, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, polkit, PWNKIT, module, linux, security, devsecops, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE

What is Polkit Privilege Escalation - (CVE-2021–4034)? “A memory corruption vulnerability in Polkit’s pkexec, witch allows any unprivileged user to gain full root privilege on a vulnerable system using default polkit configuration” cit.

Install Docker in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_chocolatey

January 26, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
container, docker, podman, ansible, win_chocolatey, chocolatey, module, windows, install

How to Install Docker in Windows-like systems with Ansible? Today I’m going to reveal how to install the software in a Windows-managed host using Chocolatey Package Manager.

Read file from remote hosts - Ansible module slurp

January 25, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, slurp, module, files, cpuinfo, base64

Read a file from remote hosts - Ansible module slurp How to automate the read of /proc/cpuinfo file from Linux remote host with Ansible.