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Mastering Ansible: Effectively Automate Configuration Management and Deployment Challenges with Ansible 2.7

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Design, develop, and solve real-world automation and orchestration problems by unlocking the automation capabilities of Ansible.

Key FeaturesTackle complex automation challenges with the newly added features in Ansible 2.7Book DescriptionAutomation is essential for success in the modern world of DevOps. Ansible provides a simple, yet powerful, automation engine for tackling complex automation challenges.

This book will take you on a journey that will help you exploit the latest version's advanced features to help you increase efficiency and accomplish complex orchestrations. This book will help you understand how Ansible 2.7 works at a fundamental level and will also teach you to leverage its advanced capabilities. Throughout this book, you will learn how to encrypt Ansible content at rest and decrypt data at runtime. Next, this book will act as an ideal resource to help you master the advanced features and capabilities required to tackle complex automation challenges. Later, it will walk you through workflows, use cases, orchestrations, troubleshooting, and Ansible extensions. Lastly, you will examine and debug Ansible operations, helping you to understand and resolve issues.

By the end of the book, you will be able to unlock the true power of the Ansible automation engine and tackle complex, real- world actions with ease.

What you will learnGain an in-depth understanding of how Ansible works under the hoodFully automate Ansible playbook executions with encrypted dataAccess and manipulate variable data within playbooksUse blocks to perform failure recovery or cleanupExplore the Playbook debugger and the Ansible ConsoleTroubleshoot unexpected behavior effectivelyWork with cloud infrastructure providers and container systemsDevelop custom modules, plugins, and dynamic inventory sourcesWho this book is forThis book is for Ansible developers and operators who have an understanding of its core elements and applications but are now looking to enhance their skills in applying automation using Ansible.

Table of ContentsThe System Architecture and Design of AnsibleProtecting Your Secrets with AnsibleInfrastructure Management for Enterprises with AWXAnsible and Windows - Not Just for LinuxUnlocking the Power of Jinja2 TemplatesControlling Task ConditionsComposing Reusable Ansible Content with RolesTroubleshooting Ansible Extending AnsibleMinimizing Downtime with Rolling UpdatesInfrastructure ProvisioningNetwork Automation

600 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 25, 2019

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