Category: Windows
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Connecting To Windows Over OpenSSH Using The Ansible Automation Platform
The tried and true method to connect to a Windows host using Ansible has been WinRM since the inception of Ansible. Now this upstart OpenSSH is here for Windows and folks want to use it for their automation. I’ve heard that connecting to a Windows host over SSH should be just the same as using…
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Jinja2 HTML Templates For Reporting With Ansible Automation Platform The Easy Way
One of the really awesome uses for ansible is to perform an action and be able to develop a pretty report…for you or, let’s face it…management likes pretty graphs and spreadsheets. I worked in tandem with the talented tiger Nick Arellano at a recent hackaton, and he cleaned up a tidy little jinja2 template to…
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Resize Windows Disk On VMWare Via Ansible Automation Platform
I really like having little bite sized demos, though some argue telling a big story works best…I suppose a mix of the two is likely the real solution. This demo shows the Ansible Automation Platform(AAP) connecting to VMware Vcenter to expand a disk on a windows host. AAP then connects to the disk and expands…
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Provision Azure Windows/Linux VMs Using Ansible Automation Platform, Plus Post Provisioning
So not only will I be provisioning Windows and Linux VMs, but I’ll also be adding them to my inventory, doing post provision hardening, and doing a system scan. Having said that, I’m going to be doing “art of the possible” on hardening and scanning as those will absolutely vary based on your needs, so…
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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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ServiceNow Orders VMWare VMs Via Ansible Tower
This is a quick demo that orders a server in ServiceNow, then once approved it calls Ansible Tower which then provisions VMs in VMWare. This is built using this ansible blog post that shows how to tie together ServiceNow and Ansible Tower. Video Demo ServiceNow First thing to do is create the OAuth connection between…
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Self Service Troubleshooting Using ServiceNow and Ansible Tower
Holy cow did I learn a lot on this one. It took me the better part of two weeks to put it all together/learn everything required. This was actually my first go at automating Windows and I learned a LOT. The idea behind this setup is that if a user can’t access a TCP based…