Autor: Fabio Alessandro Locati

Fabio Alessandro Locati jest starszym architektem w Red Hat, prelegentem i twórcą oprogramowania open source. Zajmuje się systemem Linux, automatyzacją oraz technologiami chmury.

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Ansible 2 w praktyce. Automatyzacja infrastruktury, zarządzanie konfiguracją i wdrażanie aplikacji

Daniel Oh, James Freeman, Fabio Alessandro Locati

Framework Ansible jest potężnym narzędziem służącym do automatyzacji wdrożeń oprogramowania i zarządzania jego konfiguracjami. Oferuje proste i bardzo przydatne funkcje przeznaczone do automatyzacji wielowarstwowych środowisk za pomocą komunikacji niewymagającej agenta. Przydaje się także do obsługi ciągłej integracji i wdrażania oprogramowania (CI/CD) bez żadnego przestoju. Może służyć do różnych celów: przygotowania infrastruktury jako kodu, wdrożeń aplikacji czy automatyzacji codziennych, czasochłonnych zadań. Ta książka jest przeznaczona dla osób zajmujących się automatyzacją - od żmudnych codziennych zadań po złożone wdrożenia infrastruktury jako kodu. Ten praktyczny przewodnik pozwoli na sprawne rozpoczęcie korzystania z frameworka Ansible 2.9. Na początku pokazano, jak go zainstalować i skonfigurować, później zaprezentowano proste, jednowierszowe polecenia automatyzacji, aby stopniowo wprowadzać czytelników do tworzenia własnego kodu rozszerzającego możliwości Ansible, a nawet automatyzującego infrastrukturę chmury i kontenerów. Znalazło się tu mnóstwo praktycznych przykładów kodu, a zdobyte umiejętności pozwolą na korzystanie z Ansible w sposób skalowalny, powtarzalny i niezawodny. W książce: podstawy pracy z frameworkiem Ansible konfiguracja zależności i zmiennych bazujących na rolach unikanie najczęściej popełnianych błędów podczas tworzenia kodu w Ansible tworzenie modułów i wtyczek dla Ansible rozwiązywanie problemów podczas wykonywania scenariuszy Ansible Żmudne i nudne? Ansible wykona to za Ciebie!

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Learning Ansible 2. Click here to enter text. - Second Edition

Fabio Alessandro Locati

Ansible is an open source automation platform that assists organizations with tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, orchestration, and task automation. With Ansible, even complex tasks can be handled easier than before. In this book, you will learn about the fundamentals and practical aspects of Ansible 2 by diving deeply into topics such as installation (Linux, BSD, and Windows Support), playbooks, modules, various testing strategies, provisioning, deployment, and orchestration. In this book, you will get accustomed with the new features of Ansible 2 such as cleaner architecture, task blocks, playbook parsing, new execution strategy plugins, and modules. You will also learn how to integrate Ansible with cloud platforms such as AWS. The book ends with the enterprise versions of Ansible, Ansible Tower and Ansible Galaxy, where you will learn to interact Ansible with different OSes to speed up your work to previously unseen levelsBy the end of the book, you’ll able to leverage the Ansible parameters to create expeditious tasks for your organization by implementing the Ansible 2 techniques and paradigms.

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Learning Ansible 2.7. Automate your organization's infrastructure using Ansible 2.7 - Third Edition

Fabio Alessandro Locati

Ansible is an open source automation platform that assists organizations with tasks such as application deployment, orchestration, and task automation. With the release of Ansible 2.7, even complex tasks can be handled much more easily than before.Learning Ansible 2.7 will help you take your first steps toward understanding the fundamentals and practical aspects of Ansible by introducing you to topics such as playbooks, modules, and the installation of Linux, Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), and Windows support. In addition to this, you will focus on various testing strategies, deployment, and orchestration to build on your knowledge. The book will then help you get accustomed to features including cleaner architecture, task blocks, and playbook parsing, which can help you to streamline automation processes. Next, you will learn how to integrate Ansible with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) before gaining insights into the enterprise versions of Ansible, Ansible Tower and Ansible Galaxy. This will help you to use Ansible to interact with different operating systems and improve your working efficiency. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the Ansible skills you need to automate complex tasks for your organization.

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Practical Ansible 2. Automate infrastructure, manage configuration, and deploy applications with Ansible 2.9

Daniel Oh, James Freeman, Fabio Alessandro Locati

Ansible enables you to automate software provisioning, configuration management, and application roll-outs, and can be used as a deployment and orchestration tool. While Ansible provides simple yet powerful features to automate multi-layer environments using agentless communication, it can also solve other critical IT challenges, such as ensuring continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) with zero downtime.In this book, you'll work with Ansible 2.9 and learn to solve complex issues quickly with the help of task-oriented scenarios. You'll start by installing and configuring Ansible on Linux and macOS to automate monotonous and repetitive IT tasks and get to grips with concepts such as playbooks, inventories, and network modules. As you progress, you'll gain insight into the YAML syntax and learn how to port between Ansible versions. In addition to this, you'll also understand how Ansible enables you to orchestrate multi-layer environments such as networks, containers, and the cloud.By the end of this Ansible book, you'll be well - versed in writing playbooks and other related Ansible code to overcome just about all of your IT challenges, from infrastructure-as-code provisioning to application deployments, and even handling the mundane day-to-day maintenance tasks that take up so much valuable time.

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Practical Ansible. Learn how to automate infrastructure, manage configuration, and deploy applications - Second Edition

James Freeman, Fabio Alessandro Locati, Daniel Oh

Ansible empowers you to automate a myriad of tasks, including software provisioning, configuration management, infrastructure deployment, and application rollouts. It can be used as a deployment tool as well as an orchestration tool. While Ansible provides simple yet powerful features to automate multi-layer environments using agentless communication, it can also solve other critical IT challenges, such as ensuring continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) with zero downtime.In this book, you'll work with the latest release of Ansible and learn how to solve complex issues quickly with the help of task-oriented scenarios. You'll start by installing and configuring Ansible on Linux and macOS to automate monotonous and repetitive IT tasks and learn concepts such as playbooks, inventories, and roles. As you progress, you'll gain insight into the YAML syntax and learn how to port between Ansible versions. Additionally, you'll understand how Ansible enables you to orchestrate multi-layer environments such as networks, containers, and the cloud.By the end of this Ansible book, you'll be well versed in writing playbooks and other related Ansible code to overcome all your IT challenges, from infrastructure-as-a-code provisioning to application deployments and handling mundane day-to-day maintenance tasks.