Ansible Best Practices Essentials with John "gundalow" Barker

Ansible is a Swiss army knife for DevOps, capable of handling many powerful automation tasks with the flexibility to adapt to many environments and workflows. Using real world examples, John shares "the essentials" for all Ansible users. Whether you're brand new to Ansible or looking for a refresher, this talk provides the best practices you need to know.

John Barker, Principal Software Engineer
John is a Principal Engineer in the Ansible Core Engineering team. He joined Red Hat in July 2016. Previous to this he has worked initially in QA then technical lead on a number of long-term projects and managing the internal sysadmin team. He then introduced Ansible into the organisation to standardise infrastructure across two continents. At Red Hat, he now works in the Ansible Network team improving testing and documentation along with helping the Community. He can be found in the community as "gundalow" orchestrating the Ansible community efforts and the London Meetup.
Twitter @the_gundalow