Abstract: "Traditional Ansible" excels with always-on servers, but it often falls flat when it comes to your frequently sleeping desktops and laptops. Imagine a world where every time your desktop or laptop wakes up, it automatically configures itself– that's the magic of ansible-pull!
With ansible-pull, you install it on each workstation and set up a recurring job. The moment your device wakes up, ansible-pull leaps into action, grabbing the latest playbook directly from your Git repository and running it locally. This ensures your workstations are always configured the way you want them to be. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-pull.html

@ 7:15pm cdt ...The above is the MAIN talk.
Title: Automated workstation configuration with ansible-pull.
Presenter: Sean Twiehaus

@ ~7:00pm cdt
The above main talk is immediately PRECEEDED by
Announcements & short Q&A

@6:30pm cdt
those above are immediately PRECEEDED by a basic totorial.
BASE: Title: Ansible 101
Presenter: Sean Twiehaus
Abstract: Ansible uses "simple, human-readable scripts" called playbooks to automate your tasks. You declare the desired state of a local or remote system in your playbook. Ansible ensures that the system remains in that state. This technique is called "Configuration as Code". https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/getting_started/index.html

...from RedHat...
Ansible is an open source, command-line IT automation software application written in Python. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate advanced workflows to support application deployment, system updates, and more. Ansible's main strengths are simplicity and ease of use.
...from Wikipedia
Ansible is a suite of software tools that enables infrastructure as code. It is open-source and the suite includes software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment functionality.
Programming languages: Python, PowerShell
Developer: Red Hat Software
Initial release date: February 20, 2012
Host file location: /etc/ansible/hosts [ansible.com](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html)
License: GNU General Public License version 3
Operating system: Linux, MacOS, other Unix, MS-Win
Stable release: 2.18.6 / 19 May 2025
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