Automation

Red Hat Summit: Connect 2024 – Future of AI, Cloud, & Automation

On October 16, 2024, the Red Hat Summit: Connect will be held at the NBC Congress Centrum in Nieuwegein, Netherlands.

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Generate Clean YAML Output from Ansible Facts

Ansible is a powerful tool for automating tasks, but when working with dynamically generated data, such as Ansible facts, it can sometimes be tricky to produce clean, well-formatted output.

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Participate in the Ansible Project Survey 2024 & Join the Community

Help Shape the Future of Ansible: Participate in the 2024 Project Survey and Stay Engaged with the Ansible Community As we continue to advance in the world of automation, collaboration, and open-source innovation, we are excited to announce a significant milestone in the Ansible community: the launch of the Ansible Project Survey 2024.

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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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Setting Up Neo4j GenAI Environment on Fedora Using Ansible

Setting Up a Neo4j GenAI Environment on Fedora In this article, we will walk through the steps to set up a Neo4j GenAI Python environment on a Fedora system using Ansible automation.

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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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Automating SSL/TLS Certificate Rotation in AKS

Introduction A Custom Resource Definition (CRD) in Kubernetes allows you to extend the Kubernetes API by defining your own custom resources.

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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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Creating Custom Ansible Plugins to Fetch API Data Easily

Introduction Ansible is a powerful automation tool used for configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.

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Celebrate SysAdmin Day 2024 with Ansible Pilot Automation Expertise

Happy SysAdmin Day! Today, we celebrate the heroes behind the scenes who keep our digital world running smoothly.

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Automate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with Ansible Playbooks

Introduction In today’s IT landscape, the automation of cloud infrastructure has become a pivotal aspect of managing scalable, reliable, and efficient systems.

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Ansible Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Ansible Development: A Comprehensive Guide Ansible is an open-source automation tool developed by Red Hat that enables IT professionals to automate tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.

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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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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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Inserting Text in Files Using ANSI-C Quoting in OSX with sed

Inserting Text in Files Using ANSI-C Quoting in OSX with sed When working with text files on OSX, the sed (stream editor) command proves to be a powerful tool for making automated edits.

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Private Automation Hub: Empowering Secure and Efficient Automation

Private Automation Hub: Empowering Secure and Efficient Automation As organizations continue to embrace automation to streamline their IT operations, the need for secure, efficient, and manageable repositories for automation content becomes paramount.

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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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Project Policy Validation with OPA and ansible-policy

Introduction There’s a new Ansible feature in town, and I’m thrilled to announce the Ansible Policy utility, which can directly interact with the Open Policy Agent (OPA).

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Ansible Troubleshooting SSH Connection Issues

Error Overview When running an Ansible playbook, you may encounter the following error message:

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Ansible Troubleshooting Installation Issues on macOS and Python

Introduction Ansible is a powerful automation tool used by IT professionals to manage and configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero-downtime rolling updates.

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Automating File Reading with Ansible

Introduction Automation is key in modern IT infrastructure management. Ansible, a powerful automation tool, makes it easy to manage complex environments.

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