linux

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.

Deploy Apache HTTPD Container with Podman via Ansible

March 24, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, webserver, apache, www, redhat, centos, fedora

How to Setup Apache Web Server in a Podman Container for RedHat-like systems with Ansible?

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.

Deploy Apache HTTPD with Podman Using Ansible Playbook

March 10, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, webserver, apache, www, redhat, centos, fedora

How to Setup Apache Web Server in a Podman Container for RedHat-like systems with Ansible?

Deploy Apache HTTPD on Docker Container with Ansible

March 4, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, webserver, apache, www, debian, ubuntu

How to Setup Apache Web Server in a Docker Container for Debian-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.

Configure Apache Vhost on RedHat Using Ansible Playbook

March 1, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, webserver, apache, www, redhat, fedora, centos

How to deploy a webserver apache httpd virtual host on RedHat-like systems with Ansible?

Set Up Apache Vhost on Debian with Ansible Playbook

February 24, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, webserver, apache, www, debian, ubuntu

How to deploy a webserver apache httpd virtual host on Debian-like systems with Ansible?

Set System-Wide Environment Variables on Linux with Ansible

February 22, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, environment, statement, linux, variables, remote, permanent

How to permanently set system-wide environment variables on remote Linux with Ansible?

Download a file using an HTTPS proxy via environment variables - Ansible get_url and environment

February 21, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, environment, statement, linux, variables, proxy, HTTPS

How to download a file using an HTTPS proxy via environment variables with Ansible?

Set remote environment per task or play - Ansible environment statement

February 21, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, environment, statement, linux, variables, proxy, ansible environment

How to set remote environment per Ansible task or play? I’m going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code.

Deploy Squid Proxy on RedHat Systems with Ansible

February 18, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, proxy, squid, web, RHEL, CentOS, CentOS Stream, Fedora, yum, dnf, template, service, firewalld

How to deploy a proxy server squid on RedHat-like systems with Ansible?

Set Up Apache Webserver on Debian with Ansible Playbook

February 14, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, webserver, apache, www, debian, ubuntu

How to deploy a webserver apache httpd on Debian-like systems with Ansible?

Efficient Web Server Setup Using Ansible Playbook

February 12, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, server, linux, webserver, apache, www, RHEL, CentOS, CentOS Stream, Fedora, yum, dnf, template, service, firewalld

How to deploy a webserver apache httpd on RedHat-like systems with Ansible?

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?

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.

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.