Category: Ansible
-
Detecting/Alerting On Network Compliance Via The Ansible Automation Platform
This demo uses the Ansible Automation Platform to perform compliance checks on network infrastructure. It uses vendor agnostic settings files to allow configuration/compliance checking against different vendors/models of equipment. These playbooks aren’t just about compliance, they will do: standard configuration of the equipment, compliance testing and alerting, and also remediation. The method I employ here…
-
Ansible Tower/Ansible Control Survey To Template Demo
I recently had a customer ask about how you could present a user with a form they fill out, then that info would be used to complete a template for say a webserver; the simple answer is to use the survey feature in Tower(also sometimes called control in the Ansible Automation Platform). Demo Video Resources:…
-
Ansible Tower Survey Textarea To List
I was recently leading an Ansible workshop when someone asked me if you could accept input from a survey in an ansible and use that as a list in a playbook. I worked out a quick solution that I figure may be useful for others too. I first created a quick survey that would pass…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Using ServiceNow As An CMDB In Ansible Automation Platform
Pulling in hosts from SNOW really isn’t too bad, and in fact, there’s an Ansible blog post on it here. I’m not reinventing the wheel here, but I figure it’s always nice to have another perspective on the process. Demo Video SNOW CMDBs First things first, where can I find the SNOW CMBDs? I use…