Ansible: Up and Running

2014-12-08 Computers

Author : Lorin Hochstein
Release : 2014-12-08
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 141/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Ansible: Up and Running by : Lorin Hochstein

Download or read book Ansible: Up and Running written by Lorin Hochstein. This book was released on 2014-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many configuration management tools available, Ansible has some distinct advantages—it’s minimal in nature, you don’t need to install anything on your nodes, and it has an easy learning curve. This practical guide shows you how to be productive with this tool quickly, whether you’re a developer deploying code to production or a system administrator looking for a better automation solution. Author Lorin Hochstein shows you how to write playbooks (Ansible’s configuration management scripts), manage remote servers, and explore the tool’s real power: built-in declarative modules. You’ll discover that Ansible has the functionality you need and the simplicity you desire. Understand how Ansible differs from other configuration management systems Use the YAML file format to write your own playbooks Learn Ansible’s support for variables and facts Work with a complete example to deploy a non-trivial application Use roles to simplify and reuse playbooks Make playbooks run faster with ssh multiplexing, pipelining, and parallelism Deploy applications to Amazon EC2 and other cloud platforms Use Ansible to create Docker images and deploy Docker containers

Ansible for DevOps

2020-08-05

Author : Jeff Geerling
Release : 2020-08-05
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 426/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Ansible for DevOps by : Jeff Geerling

Download or read book Ansible for DevOps written by Jeff Geerling. This book was released on 2020-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ansible is a simple, but powerful, server and configuration management tool. Learn to use Ansible effectively, whether you manage one server--or thousands.

Ansible

2016-09-27 Computers

Author : Michael Heap
Release : 2016-09-27
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 598/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Ansible by : Michael Heap

Download or read book Ansible written by Michael Heap. This book was released on 2016-09-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is your concise guide to Ansible, the simple way to automate apps and IT infrastructure. In less than 250 pages, this book takes you from knowing nothing about configuration management to understanding how to use Ansible in a professional setting. You will learn how to create an Ansible playbook to automatically set up an environment, ready to install an open source project. You’ll extract common tasks into roles that you can reuse across all your projects, and build your infrastructure on top of existing open source roles and modules that are available for you to use. You will learn to build your own modules to perform actions specific to your business. By the end you will create an entire cluster of virtualized machines, all of which have your applications and all their dependencies installed automatically. Finally, you'll test your Ansible playbooks. Ansible can do as much or as little as you want it to. Ansible: From Beginner to Pro will teach you the key skills you need to be an Ansible professional. You’ll be writing roles and modules and creating entire environments without human intervention in no time at all – add it to your library today. What You Will Learn Learn why Ansible is so popular and how to download and install it Create a playbook that automatically downloads and installs a popular open source project Use open source roles to complete common tasks, and write your own specific to your business Extend Ansible by writing your own modules Test your infrastructure using Test Kitchen and ServerSpec Who This Book Is For Developers that currently create development and production environments by hand. If you find yourself running apt-get install regularly, this book is for you. Ansible adds reproducibility and saves you time all at once. Ansible: From Beginner to Pro is great for any developer wanting to enhance their skillset and learn new tools.

Mastering Ansible

2015-11-24 Computers

Author : Jesse Keating
Release : 2015-11-24
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 241/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Mastering Ansible by : Jesse Keating

Download or read book Mastering Ansible written by Jesse Keating. This book was released on 2015-11-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design, develop, and solve real world automation and orchestration needs by unlocking the automation capabilities of Ansible About This Book Discover how Ansible works in detail Explore use cases for Ansible's advanced features including task delegation, fast failures, and serial task execution Extend Ansible with custom modules, plugins, and inventory sources Who This Book Is For This book is intended for Ansible developers and operators who have an understanding of the core elements and applications but are now looking to enhance their skills in applying automation using Ansible. What You Will Learn Understand Ansible's code and logic flow Safeguard sensitive data within Ansible Access and manipulate complex variable data within Ansible playbooks Handle task results to manipulate change and failure definitions Organize Ansible content into a simple structure Craft a multi-tier rollout playbook utilizing load balancers and manipulating your monitoring system Utilize advanced Ansible features to orchestrate rolling updates with almost no service disruptions Troubleshoot Ansible failures to understand and resolve issues Extend Ansible with custom modules, plugins, or inventory sources In Detail Automation is critical to success in the world of DevOps. How quickly and efficiently an application deployment can be automated, or a new infrastructure can be built up, can be the difference between a successful product or a failure. Ansible provides a simple yet powerful automation engine. Beyond the basics of Ansible lie a host of advanced features which are available to help you increase efficiency and accomplish complex orchestrations with ease. This book provides you with the knowledge you need to understand how Ansible works at a fundamental level and leverage its advanced capabilities. You'll learn how to encrypt Ansible content at rest and decrypt data at runtime. You will master the advanced features and capabilities required to tackle the complex automation challenges of today and beyond. You will gain detailed knowledge of Ansible workflows, explore use cases for advanced features, craft well thought out orchestrations, troubleshoot unexpected behaviour, and extend Ansible through customizations. Finally, you will discover the methods used to examine and debug Ansible operations, helping you to understand and resolve issues. Style and approach A clear, practical guide that covers best practise, system architecture and design aspects that will help you master Ansible with ease.

Extending Ansible

2016-03-28 COMPUTERS

Author : Rishabh Das
Release : 2016-03-28
Genre : COMPUTERS
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 001/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Extending Ansible by : Rishabh Das

Download or read book Extending Ansible written by Rishabh Das. This book was released on 2016-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to efficiently deploy and customize Ansible in the way your platform demandsAbout This Book- Get the first book on the market that maximizes the functionalities of Ansible- Master the skill of extending Ansible by deep diving into its modules and plugins- Work through this step-by-step guide to customizing Ansible according to your requirementsWho This Book Is ForThis book is perfect for developers and administrators who are familiar with Ansible and Python programming, but have no knowledge of how to customize Ansible.What You Will Learn- Get a thorough understanding of Ansible modules- Find out everything about plugins that fit in the Ansible architecture- Get to grips with designing modules and handling errors- Work with data structures- Distribute Ansible extensions using PyPi and Git submodules- Get to know the various distribution methods of modules and pluginsIn DetailAnsible is an IT automation tool that lets you manage your Infrastructure as a Code. It helps you deploy your applications and manage configurations, thus making life easier. Ansible, in most ways, is self sufficient to address most of your requirements.Ideally, standard modules, libraries, or plugins are used to automate a given IT platform. Customizing Ansible can be done by custom module and plugin development.This book shows you how to automate most of the tasks in your IT environment, thus minimizing the need to manually perform scheduled tasks and extend your Ansible implementation by developing customized modules and plugins.You'll begin by getting an understanding of the fundamental aspects of extending the Ansible framework, such as custom functions and reusable modules. You'll then progress to building custom plugins and extensions using the fundamental building blocks explained earlier. We'll also show you how to automate some tasks using scripts. Finally, we'll demonstrate how these extensions can be seamlessly integrated into existing Ansible installations and explain how to conduct unit testing on these extensions to ensure they work as desired.Style and approach This book is a learning book on the fundamentals of Ansible framework and how it can be leveraged to extend it using the modules and plugins.

Popular eBooks

Ansible: Up and Running

Ansible for DevOps

Ansible

Mastering Ansible

Extending Ansible

You may also like...