Design, develop, and solve real-world automation and orchestration
problems by unlocking Ansible's automation capabilities
Key Features:
Completely revised and updated for Ansible 4.0 and beyond
Tackle complex automation challenges with the newly added features in
Ansible
Learn about the rapidly expanding field of network automation using
Ansible, with the help of practical examples for configuring network
devices
Book Description:
Ansible is a modern, YAML-based automation tool (built on top of Python,
one of the world's most popular programming languages) with a massive
and ever-growing user base. Its popularity and Python underpinnings make
it essential learning for all in the DevOps space.
This fourth edition of Mastering Ansible provides complete coverage of
Ansible automation, from the design and architecture of the tool and
basic automation with playbooks to writing and debugging your own
Python-based extensions.
You'll learn how to build automation workflows with Ansible's extensive
built-in library of collections, modules, and plugins. You'll then look
at extending the modules and plugins with Python-based code and even
build your own collections - ultimately learning how to give back to the
Ansible community.
By the end of this Ansible book, you'll be confident in all aspects of
Ansible automation, from the fundamentals of playbook design to getting
under the hood and extending and adapting Ansible to solve new
automation challenges.
What You Will Learn:
Gain an in-depth understanding of how Ansible works under the hood
Get to grips with Ansible collections and how they are changing and
shaping the future of Ansible
Fully automate the Ansible playbook executions with encrypted data
Use blocks to construct failure recovery or cleanup
Explore the playbook debugger and Ansible console
Troubleshoot unexpected behavior effectively
Work with cloud infrastructure providers and container systems
Who this book is for:
If you are an Ansible developer or operator who has a detailed
understanding of its core elements and applications but are now looking
to enhance your skills in applying automation using Ansible, this book
is for you. Prior experience working with core system administration
tasks on Linux and basic familiarity with concepts such as cloud
computing, containers, network devices, and fundamentals of a high-level
programming language will help you make the most of this book.
