Category: Server
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Using Ansible Automation Platform For Post Configuration With Red Hat Satellite Provisioning Via Callbacks
That title is a mouthful. In essence, what I’m doing is: – Connecting my Satellite install to Azure so I can deploy RHEL images – Once I use Satellite to deploy the image and it is provisioned, the VM will contact my AAP server via a “Callback” – The AAP(call it Tower or Control, whichever…
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Windows Updates With Snapshots Using Ansible Automation Platform
I was recently asking my teammate Jimmy(who’s brilliant BTW) what he shows as a compelling demo with Ansible and Windows, and he he had a more complicated version of what I’m about to show(most of his stuff is over the top(with Stallone)). Video Demo Playbook Playbooks for Windows found here. In this simple demo I’ll…
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CI/CD With VMWare And Ansible
My colleague and good friend, Jimmy Conner, gave me a demonstration on CI/CD with VMWare, so I did the only logical thing…and copy his presentation. He also contributed some of the playbooks to make it all happen, so big thanks to him! What is CI/CD and why should I care? I’ll keep this short as…
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Installing An Ansible Automation Platform Cluster
Clustering the AAP is a good idea for multiple reasons: it allows some HA(a node can die and you can keep operating), you are able to distribute the load across multiple control nodes, and you can connect to any of them via the standard GUI. A cluster setup follows the standard install process, but with…
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Automating Infoblox DDI With The Ansible Automation Platform
Infoblox DDI is a very powerful/popular DHCP, DNS, and IPAM system used by enterprises world wide. I’ve heard customer after customer talk about it, so I thought I would take a look at adding it to my demos. Fortunately it’s super simple to sign up for a demo copy that will give you a repeatable…
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Deploying And Using CyberArk Conjur With Ansible Tower
First I have to say this wasn’t as simple and straight forward as I could have hoped for…in fact it took me the better part of 1.5 days to get working, and even then I had to get help from Jody Hunt from CyberArk(HUGE thanks to him). In fact, I partially followed his guide here…
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Cyberark Vault Integration With Ansible Tower
Cyberark has some impressive security tools, and in today’s example I’m using their Vault product. We are connecting in through their AIM(Application Identity Manager) system. Like other secrets engines, AIM allows me to pull secure credentials from it at run time. Also, I’d like to give a big shoutout to the team at CyberArk for…