terminology

Mastering Regex in Ansible: Search, Extract, and Replace

April 29, 2023
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible-playbook, playbook, regular expressions, YAML

Regular Expression A regular expression (regex) is a character pattern describing a set of strings.

Decrypt an Ansible Vault - ansible vault

November 13, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible-vault, playbook, security, YAML

How to decrypt an Ansible Vault? From an encrypted file to plaintext using the correct password.

Use Ansible Vault in Ansbile Playbook - ansible vault

November 13, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible-vault, playbook, security, YAML

How to use an Ansible Vault in an Ansible Playbook? How to use an Ansible Vault to Protect Sensitive Data such as passwords, access keys, etc.

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.

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.

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.

Understanding Ansible-Core vs. Ansible Community Packages: A Comprehensive Guide

January 6, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible-core, collection, reuse, release, ansible lifecycle, ansible community

What is ansible-core? What is the ansible community package? What happened to the Ansible project after version 2.