A brief overview of Ansible automation tool.

1. AUTOMATION MADE SIMPLE

2. AGENTLESS
OpenSSH
Secure
Scalable
Efficient
POWERFUL
Deployment
Orchestration
Provisioning
SIMPLE
Human-readable
YAML language
No special coding
skills required
Task executed in
order
BASIC FEATURES:
ANSIBLE IS THE SIMPLEST WAY TO AUTOMATE

3. Reasons for Ansible
● Wide OS support
No matter if Red Hat, Debian, CentOS, or OS X
● Integrates with most clouds
A plethora of cloud modules for Amazon, DigitalOcean and
so on.
● Plays well with others (either Chef or Puppet)
It can substitute many other products or work with them for
better results.
● Gentle learning curve and easy adaptation
Easy to adapt, non intrusive, plays well with existing
infrastructure.

4. ● Easy to expand plugin architecture
Makes custom developments a lot easier to integrate with any
language.
● Lower system maintenance costs
You can quickly and easily do security & performance updates.
● Deploy more reliably, faster, more often
Easy to structure release process, make it reproducible, reliable
and distributed.
● Automate recovery and failover
Faster time to recovery, less downtime, less risk.
Reasons for Ansible

5. Ansible Structure

6. Ansible Structure
Roles
Tasks
Variables Templates
Handlers
Dependencies
Files

7. Ansible Modules
file - set attributes of files
template - fill template
unarchive - extract packages
fetch - from remote location
copy - to remote location
status - retrieve file state

8. Your hub for finding, reusing, and sharing the best Ansible content.
Once downloaded,
roles can be
dropped into Ansible
PlayBooks and
immediately applied
to your
infrastructure.
Help other Ansible
users by sharing
great Ansible roles
that you have
created. Top content
authors will be
featured.
Let others find
content by reviewing
roles you have used.
Reviews are rated
too, so reviewers
with the most karma
rise to the top.

9. (Demo)

10. http://www.ansible.com/ansible-book
Preview includes:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Playbooks, a Beginning
Chapter 3 Inventory: Describing Your Servers
Get a free preview of Ansible Up & Running

11. Resources:
• https://github.com/KamilLelonek/ansible-playground
• https://github.com/KamilLelonek/Ansible-Ruby-DirectoryStatus
• https://medium.com/@KamilLelonek/ansible-for-rubyists-22533bd98
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