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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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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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Ansible Automation AI

Introduction In today’s fast-paced IT environment, automation has become a cornerstone for efficiency and innovation.

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The Ultimate Automation Guide Books to Master Ansible

Introduction Ansible, a powerful open-source automation tool, has revolutionized how IT operations are managed and streamlined.

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Run Windows 11 Client ARM64 Insider Preview in Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3) with VMware Fusion

Introduction ARM-based processors have transformed the computing landscape, introducing greater efficiency and performance to various devices.

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Ansible For VMware By Examples book by Apress

Buy on Amazon Buy on Apress Who This Book Is For IT professionals of the information technology who would like a jargon-free understanding of Ansible technology, including VMware, Linux, and Windows Systems Administrators, DevOps professionals, thought leaders, and infrastructure-as-code enthusiasts.

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Ansible For VMware By Examples with Apress book

Buy on Amazon Buy on Apress Who This Book Is For IT professionals of the information technology who would like a jargon-free understanding of Ansible technology, including VMware, Linux, and Windows Systems Administrators, DevOps professionals, thought leaders, and infrastructure-as-code enthusiasts.

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Get VMware vSphere Virtual Machine UUID - Ansible module vmware_guest_info

How to Get VMware vSphere Virtual Machine UUID with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

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Gather VMware ESX/ESXi Host Info with Ansible

How to Gather Info about all VMware ESX/ESXi Hosts in a given Cluster with Ansible?

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Configure a Python Virtual Environment for Ansible VMware - ansible collection community.vmware

How to configure a Python Virtual Environment for Ansible VMware? Using a Python Virtual Environment is a convenient way to maintain up-to-date the Python dependency of the Ansible collection community.

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Configure Ansible Dynamic Inventory for VMware in Simple Steps

Introduction This guide shows you the best way to list all the virtual machines within your VMware infrastructure using Ansible.

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Ansible troubleshooting - VMware certificate verify failed connecting to vCenter or ESXi

Ansible troubleshooting - VMware certificate verify failed connecting to vCenter or ESXi Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the “Unable to connect to vCenter or ESXi API [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.

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Expand a Virtual Disk in VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_guest_disk

How to Expand a Virtual Disk in VMware vSphere Virtual Machine with Ansible?

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How to Add a Disk to a VMware VM Using Ansible Playbook

Introduction Module: community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk Purpose: Manage disks related to virtual machines in a given vCenter infrastructure The Ansible module vmware_guest_disk is part of the community-supported collection of modules for interacting with VMware.

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Delete a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot - Ansible module vmware_guest_snapshot

How to Delete a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

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Take a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot - Ansible module vmware_guest_snapshot

How to Take a VMware Virtual Machine Snapshot with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

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Ansible troubleshooting - VMware Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi

Ansible troubleshooting - VMware Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the “Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi API, [Errno -2] Name or service not known” message and enable Ansible For VMware.

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Start a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_guest_powerstate

How to Start a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

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Stop a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine - Ansible module vmware_guest_powerstate

How to Stop a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

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Deploy a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine from a Template - Ansible module vmware_guest

How to Deploy a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine from a Template with Ansible?

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Ansible troubleshooting - VMware Failed to Import PyVmomi

Ansible troubleshooting — VMware Failed to Import PyVmomi Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the “Failed to import the required Python library (PyVmomi)” message and enable Ansible For VMware.

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Create VMware vSphere VM with Ansible: Full Playbook Guide

How to create a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine with Ansible? I’m going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code.

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Configuring Ansible for VMware: Complete Setup Guide & Playbook

How to configure Ansible for VMware? Ansible provides various modules to manage VMware infrastructure, which includes data center, cluster, host system, and virtual machine.

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