stlLUG - Ansible vs manual config. Pro/Con

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ONLINE MEETINGS ONLY until further notice.ONLINE session will use remote video software.

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TOPIC: Ansible versus Manual configuration
In this month's presentation, Sean Twiehaus will demonstrate two ways to set up and run an Apache web server on VMs (Virtual Machines).
Sean will first type the commands and edit all required configuration files by hand. By writing a playbook doing those exact same steps using Ansible, he will re-create an exact same server configuration on another VM.
Using Ansible will duplicate the functions done by Manual Configuration. Comparing using them should show the Pros and Cons of using each.
After the demonstrations, we will have a discussion about when each method is most appropriate and compare Pros and Cons of each.

Sean Twiehaus started his career as a Field Service Technician. After being introduced to Linux in 2014, he got a little bit obsessed. By 2015 he was working as a System Administrator. During his time as an Administrator he focused primarily on automation using shell scripting and Ansible.
Nowadays Sean is working as a Software Developer but he still remembers his command line kung-fu. If you mention dotfiles, vimrc, or modern CLI tools, you can expect Sean to ask a million and one follow up questions about your config. You have been warned!
Likes to talk about:

• Automation
• (Neo)Vim
• Lesser Known Programming Languages

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EVERY St.L Linux UG mtng:
The Saint Louis MO, STL Linux Users Group (STLLUG) meets monthly to talk about Linux. This GNU/Linux Users Group usually holds its meetings on the third or fourth Thursday of every month. Meetings are free and open to everyone.

At 6:45 PM we start with introductions, announcements, current events of interest, and a general CALL FOR HELP segment. Then we will go into the presentation of our main topic, sometime around or after 7:00 PM.