This talk focuses on how Ansible and Foreman integrate with each other and what added value can the users get when using Ansible from Foreman. It describes two primary approaches of using Ansible from Foreman. The first is a traditional configuration management approach, where hosts are kept in a predefined state, while the other works in a more remote execution fashion. The talk goes over several scenarios and demonstrates how Foreman can leverage Ansible to effortlessly solve the issues present in the given scenarios.

1. Foreman meets
Ansible
Adam Růžička

2. Agenda
●Introducing foreman-ansible
●Bring your own hosts
●REX-like Ansible
●Configuration management with Ansible

3. Introducing foreman-ansible
●A plugin allowing running Ansible from Foreman
●Implemented as a Remote Execution Provider

4. Bring your own hosts
●Add your hosts to an inventory
●Create a playbook with any tasks
●Enable and configure the foreman callback
●Run the playbook

5. REX-like Ansible
●The ad-hoc use case
●Playbooks on steroids
●The master and the apprentice
●Under the hood

6. Configuration management-like
Ansible
●Roles and variables
●Roles and hosts
●Ensuring compliance
●Facts

7. Questions

8. Thank you