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Ansible London Meetup 2024 Recap: Highlights and Insights

On September 23rd, 2024, I had the honor of presenting at the Ansible London Meetup, held at Dell Technologies in London.

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Automate Ansible Galaxy Roles with GitHub Actions

In modern DevOps practices, automation plays a crucial role in managing infrastructure, and tools like Ansible and GitHub Actions are essential for automating tasks such as configuration management and continuous integration.

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Conditional Ansible Role Execution in Playbooks

Conditional Role Execution in Ansible: A Guide to Running the Datadog Role Based on Variables In complex infrastructure environments, there are often scenarios where you need to run specific tasks or roles conditionally.

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Ansible Community Meetup 2024: Updates, Releases, and Networking

The recent Ansible community meetup hosted by Red Hat brought together a diverse group of contributors, developers, and automation enthusiasts from around the world.

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Ansible DevTools Meetup 2024: Latest Automation Updates

On September 23, 2024, a vibrant community of automation enthusiasts gathered in London for an insightful Ansible DevTools meetup.

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Luca Berton Presents "From Zero to Hero" at Ansible London Meetup

We’re excited to announce that Luca Berton, a prominent figure in the Ansible ecosystem, will be presenting at the upcoming Ansible London Meetup on Monday, 23rd September 2024.

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JSON Data Search with Ansible

Introduction Ansible is a powerful tool used for automation and configuration management.

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Ansible Automation: Transform IT Operations with Ease

Ansible Automation: Streamlining IT Operations Ansible Automation is revolutionizing IT operations by providing a simple, agentless, and powerful platform for automating tasks across a wide range of environments.

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Ansible Configuration File (ansible.cfg): A Comprehensive Guide

The ansible.cfg file is a crucial component in the Ansible ecosystem, providing a centralized configuration point to customize the behavior of Ansible.

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Ansible-Core: The Foundation of Modern IT Automation

Ansible-Core is the minimalist, yet powerful, foundation of the Ansible automation ecosystem.

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AWX: Open Source Automation for Modern IT

AWX: Open Source Automation for Modern IT AWX is the open-source upstream project of Ansible Tower, sponsored by Red Hat.

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Ensuring Quality with Ansible-Lint: A Guide to Best Practices

Ensuring Quality with Ansible-Lint: A Guide to Best Practices In the realm of IT automation, maintaining the quality and consistency of your Ansible playbooks and roles is crucial for effective and reliable automation.

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Installing Ansible: A Step-by-Step Guide

Installing Ansible: A Step-by-Step Guide Ansible is a powerful open-source tool for IT automation, allowing you to manage configurations, deploy applications, and orchestrate complex workflows.

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Exciting Ansible Updates: Core, Community, AWX, and DevTools

Exciting Updates in the Ansible World: Core, Community, AWX, and DevTools Hi friends!

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Luca Berton presents the Latest Book at the London Book Fair 2024, "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform"

In the vibrant, buzzing halls of the London Book Fair 2024, amidst the myriad of literary and technological marvels, one name stood out with a particularly resonant buzz: Luca Berton.

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Highlights from Ansible Community Newsletter - Issue #127

Introduction The latest issue of the Ansible Community Newsletter, Issue #127, brings a plethora of updates and insights as we step into 2024.

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Unlocking Your PDFs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using QPDF for Decryption

Introduction Are you stuck with a password-protected PDF and can’t remember the password?

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Automating Jenkins Installation with Ansible

Introduction In the rapidly evolving world of software development, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) has become a cornerstone of modern DevOps practices.

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A Preview of Ansible Journey in 2024

Introduction Welcome to 2024! In this article, we’ll explore the anticipated releases, community dynamics, and upcoming events in the realm of Ansible, the open-source IT automation platform.

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Ansible troubleshooting - Permission denied Errno 13

Introduction Welcome to another episode of Ansible Pilot! I’m Luca Berton, and today we’re delving into Ansible troubleshooting, focusing on the pesky “Permission Denied Errno 13” error.

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Automating PostgreSQL Configuration with Ansible Setting Maximum Connections

Introduction PostgreSQL, a powerful open-source relational database management system, is widely used in various applications to store and manage data.

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Manage Ansible Collection Changelogs with Antsibull-Changelog

Introduction Keeping track of changes in your Ansible collection is essential for maintaining transparency and informing users about updates, enhancements, and bug fixes.

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Efficient Automation with Ansible

Efficient Automation with Ansible: A Practical Guide for DevOps Professionals

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KubeCon and CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 Call For Proposals

Introduction The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is set to host its flagship conference, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, in the picturesque city of Paris, France, from March 19 to 22, 2024.

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