Ansible AGHI online

Ansible is for Automation: system administration at scale, IaC (Infrastructure as Code), and CM (Configuration Management) - configuring infrastructure to host applications or to conform to policy

Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Salt are better than shell for CM because they're easier to write and to read

Ansible is better than Puppet and Salt because it has a gentler learning curve and it's agent-less and equally capable

I use Ansible to:

• Create virtual machines in OpenStack and Proxmox
• Add users and authorized keys
• Configure some users as administrators
• Install, configure, and start services like libvirtd, containerd, and httpd
• Perform maintenance operations like:
• Patch and reboot machines

If that sounds like fun, join me, David L. Willson, for four hours online Friday evening while we talk and play with Ansible

This will be an expert-led, hands-on class. The price is 64 USD or PWYC.

Etymology of ansible

Get your things ready:

• GitLab.com account. Example: www.gitlab.com/dlwillson
• Secure shell client. Example: `ssh` from Bash or PowerShell
• Secure shell keypair. Create with `ssh-keygen`, if needed
• Secure shell keypair authorization.
  https://gitlab.com/-/user_settings/ssh_keys