Ansible

Getting Started Links

• Ansible in 100 Seconds - YouTube
• you need to learn Ansible RIGHT NOW!! (Linux Automation) - YouTube
• Learn X in Y Minutes: Scenic Programming Language Tours
• An Introduction to Configuration Management with Ansible | DigitalOcean

Documentation

• Installing Ansible — Ansible Documentation
• Installing content — Ansible Documentation

Orienting Questions

• Who uses this technology?
  • People who need to configure and manage servers
• What kind of jobs is this technology relevant too?
  • Backend, DevOps, Infrastructure, Hacker, SysAdmin
• What are examples of stuff I can use this technology for?
• What can I personally build with this technology?

Getting Started Questions

• How do I do Hello World in Ansible?
• How to add ssh public key to root user without logging in as root?
  • How to make a user count as root?
  • How to run sudo without password?
  • How to specify a sudo password with ansible?
• How to write and run a ansible playbook?
  • How to become root inside ansible playbook?
• How to use plugins with ansible, docker?

Technical Questions

• How do you use ansible to fetch a config on a server so you can read it locally?

Notables Sources

• ansible-community/awesome-ansible: Awesome Ansible List

Interesting Roles

• Ansible Galaxy - k3s
  • Deploy an entire HA k3s cluster with Ansible
• Ansible Galaxy - virtualization *