Ansible

by Martin Micunda

blog: http://martinmicunda.com

github: martinmicunda

twitter: @martinmicunda

Options to Automate IT

Reasons for Ansible

• No Master Server
• No Agents (SSH)
• Configuration in Yaml
• Very easy to Learn (Great Docs)

Ansible works via SSH. No Master Servers! No Agent on the Server is required!

What can you automate?

• Installation and configuration of services 
• Code deployment 
• Provisioning

Inventory

[mongo-master]
168.197.1.10

[mongo-slaves]
168.197.1.11
168.197.1.12
168.197.1.13

[www]
168.197.1.14

Inventory

[mongo-master]
168.197.1.10

[mongo-slaves]
mongo1.server
mongo2.server
mongo3.server

[www]
168.197.1.14

Playbooks

• Contains one or more plays
• Written in YAML
  • Declare configuration
  • YAML is not code
• Executed in the order it is written

Questions?

Thanks!

blog: http://martinmicunda.com

github: martinmicunda

twitter: @martinmicunda