Ansible for Absolute Beginners
- Ansible for Absolute Beginners - 30 Days of Ansible (YouTube)
- Ansible Real Life Scenarios (YouTube)
Ansible Guides
Automation with Ansible – All You Want to Learn
You have hundreds and thousands of online documentation and wiki pages for learning Ansible, and this is my attempt to cover Ansible in a simple and beginner level approach. Access all chapters on techbeatly.com.
- Introduction to Ansible
- Installing Ansible
- Deploying Ansible
- Managing Ansible Inventory
- Running Ad-Hoc commands
- Play with Playbooks
- Managing Ansible Variables
- Managing Ansible Facts
- (Task Control <In Progress … >)
- (Jinja2 Templates<In Progress … >)
- Implementing Roles
- Deploying Roles With Ansible Galaxy
- (In progres)
Table of Contents
- Ansible for Absolute Beginners
- Ansible - Frequently Asked Questions
- Ansible Automation Platform / Ansible Tower
- Ansible Playbook References
- Tools for Ansible
- Ansible for Network Automation
- Ansible and Python Modules
- Ansible Blog/Articles to Follow
- Ansible Interview Questions
- Ansible Modules
- Other References
- Ansible for IBM Power
- Ansible for Arista Networks
- Ansible for CIS Hardening/CIS Check
Ansible - Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Ansible?
- What is IaC?
- What can Ansible do?
- What are the advantages of Ansible?
- How does Ansible work?
- What is a Playbook?
- Are there any requirements for using Ansible?
- What is DevOps?
- How does Ansible fit into DevOps?
- Who is Ansible for? Who should learn Ansible?
- What are prerequisites to learning Ansible?
Ansible Automation Platform / Ansible Tower
Installing Ansible Automation Platform (Ansible Tower)
Note : The Ansible Automation Platform installer only supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.
Prepare for Ansible Automation Platform Installation
- Download the latest Ansible Automation Platform Installation Program from access.redhat.com/downloads or from releases.ansible.com. Refer Download the Ansible Automation Platform Installation Program for more details.
Note: You can download either installation package or bundled package (for disconnected setup).
- Extract the content
$ tar xvzf ansible-tower-setup-latest.tar.gz
$ cd ansible-tower-setup-<tower_version>
Configure Ansible Automation Platform Installation Inventory
References
- Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 Early Access Homepage
- What’s New in Ansible Automation Controller 4.0
- What Happens to an Ansible Tower Installation After the Subscription/License has Expired?
Other References
- Red Hat Ansible Tower Life Cycle - Details about Ansible Tower and Ansible Automation Platform Life Cycle, End of Life, End of Support etc.
- Preparing for the Ansible Automation Platform Installation
- Ansible Automation Platform Quick Installation Guide v3.8.0
- Installing Ansible Automation Platform
- Ansible Tower Administration Guide (3.8.3) [PDF]
- Which Ports and Services Should I Monitor for Ansible Tower?
- Ansible Automation Platform Installation and Reference Guide v3.8.0
- INSTALLING PRIVATE AUTOMATION HUB
- Tower - Previous versions
Ansible Playbook References
- Ansible Examples (Forked from @ansible)
- Ansible for DevOps (Forked from geerlingguy)
- Ansible NXOS Samples (Network Automation)
Tools for Ansible
Ansible for Network Automation
Ansible and Python Modules
- How to set up and use Python virtual environments for Ansible
- Running in a virtualenv
- How to install pip on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
pip install --target=/your/pyinstalldir loremipsum
pip install fortiosapi --target=/var/lib/awx/venv/ansible/lib/python2.7/site-packages
pip list --target=/var/lib/awx/venv/ansible/lib/python2.7/site-packages
# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
# yum install python27-python-pip
Switch to a normal user and check the pip
$ scl enable python27 bash
$ which pip
$ pip -V
For Existing Tower
# source /var/lib/awx/venv/ansible/bin/activate
# umask 0022
# pip install --upgrade pywinrm
# deactivate
Ansible and Python 3
- Python 3 Support
- How Can I Use Virtual Environment with Python3 on RHEL 7 for Ansible Tower?
- How do I use Python 3 in Ansible Tower?
- Ansible and Python 3 (docs.ansible.com/)
Ansible 2.5 and above work with Python 3.
[[email protected] ~]$ ansible --version |grep python
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
python version = 2.7.5 (default, Sep 26 2019, 13:23:47) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]
Ansible Blog/Articles to Follow
Ansible Interview Questions
Ansible Modules
Other References
- Red Hat Ansible Tower Life Cycle
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Workshops
- DEEP DIVE INTO ANSIBLE NETWORK RESOURCE MODULE