Introduction to Configuration Management and Ansible

Hi everyone,

There was a scheduling conflict with the room that we had selected but will have to move this out to the 27th, apologies if this means that some of you can no longer make it. I have attached information below on the speaker and the topic.

Jim Ficarra, Principal Engineer at Comcast Cable, has been working with Ansible & Ansible Tower for 3 years. Jim’s had the opportunity to apply Ansible automation to a wide variety of applications, platforms, projects and use cases within Comcast including configuration management, multi-tier application deployments, and automating operational tasks to free up his fellow humans from mundane tasks so they can focus on customer experience and spend more time innovating. Jim also has experience extending Ansible’s functionality through custom modules and plugins, and has contributed to the Ansible project.

• Introduction to Ansible
• Installing Ansible
• Configuration Management Playbooks
• Using Roles for Configuration Management
• Best Practices
• Recommended Layout/Structure of Playbooks and Roles
• Automating Linux and Windows
• Use Cases for Using Ansible Beyond Configuration Management (Software Deployments, Orchestration, CI/CD)
• Q&A