Ansible London – Thursday 5th June 2025

Hello folks!

The next Ansible meetup is scheduled for Thursday 5th June 2025.

Location
Metro Bank have kindly offered us use of their offices at 1 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA, short walk from Holborn Tube.
The entrance is just down from the bank itself on Southampton row.
Facing the Metrobank branch with Sainsburys behind you, head to the right past the bank and its on your left about 25mtrs.
As always please bring ID

We've love for you to share your Ansible story.

Agenda
18:00 Doors open
18:30 Talks start - Intro
18:35 Daniel Brennand - Ansible 101 - Helping you get started on your Ansible journey
19:15 Pizza, refreshments and networking
19:45 James Freeman - Tame the Chain: Smart VM Dependency Management with Ansible
20:25
21:00 Close

Presenters:
Daniel Brennand:
Is a Service Delivery Engineer at Dell technologies, who is passionate about all things automation, devops and self hosting.
He uses Ansible both in his homelab and professionally, mentoring team members and promoting a strong culture of automation
James Freeman:
Is a published author and Senior Technical Account Manager at AWS, bringing over 25 years of technology expertise to the table. With more than a decade of hands-on experience, James has tackled complex enterprise challenges in real-world production environments using Ansible, often introducing this powerful automation tool to CTOs and organizations for the first time. As the author of five authoritative books on Ansible, James is a recognized thought leader in IT automation. His expertise extends to facilitating tailored Ansible workshops and training sessions, and he is a sought-after speaker, having presented at international conferences and community meetups. James's passion for empowering others through automation continues to inspire engineers and businesses to unlock new possibilities in IT.

Refreshments & Pizza
Besides the talks, we'll have the obligatory refreshments and pizza. So come along, mingle with fellow Ansiblings, and hopefully learn something interesting from the experiences shared.

Talks wanted!
We are looking for talks (5-20 minutes) for this, and future meetups. If you have something you'd like to talk about at a future meetup, submit your talk via the London GitHub Repo.

Here's a list of topics people would like to hear about – can you give a future talk on any of these popular requests?

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 5th June 2025 💥