Ansible Configuration Management, 2nd Edition

Book Description

Leverage the power of Ansible to manage your infrastructure efficiently

About This Book

• Configure Ansible on your Linux and Windows machines effectively
• Extend Ansible to add features such as looping, conditional executions, and task delegations
• Explore the capabilities of Ansible from basic to more advanced topics with the help of this step-by-step guide

Who This Book Is For

This book is intended for anyone who wants to learn Ansible starting from the basics. Some experience of how to set up and configure Linux machines and a working knowledge of BIND, MySQL, and other Linux daemons is expected.

What You Will Learn

• Manage your Windows machines with Ansible
• Use Ansible’s command-line tools to interrogate systems
• Interact with modules and deploy cloud infrastructures
• Process data inside Ansible and extend the functionality of Ansible
• Learn how to store secrets in Ansible’s vault and discover other source code management techniques
• Build maintainable configurations for large environments
• Write custom Ansible plugins efficiently
• Extend the functionality of Ansible by writing your own modules

In Detail

Ansible is an open source software platform for configuring and managing computers. It provides a clear and concise way to manage the configuration of your Linux infrastructure. This book is a step-by-step guide that provides you with the knowledge you require to effectively manage your systems in a simple, quick, and maintainable way, with real-world examples.

You will begin by learning the basics of Ansible and then move on to exploring more advanced topics. You will then learn the basic and complex operations of playbooks and interact with modules to manage Windows machines and deploy them. You will also get acquainted with Ansible’s more advanced features such as serially updating machines, delegating tasks to other machines, advanced uses of variables, looping and conditions, copying whole directories, and using filters to process variables. Towards the end of the book, you will learn how to increase the functionality of Ansible itself by writing your own modules and plugins.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Ansible
Chapter 2: Simple Playbooks
Chapter 3: Advanced Playbooks
Chapter 4: Larger Projects
Chapter 5: Custom Modules

中文：

书名：Ansible Configuration Management, 2nd Edition

利用Ansible的强大功能高效地管理您的基础架构

About This Book

• 在您的Linux和Windows计算机上有效配置Anable
• 扩展Anable以添加循环、条件执行和任务委派等功能
• 在本分步指南的帮助下，从基本主题到更高级的主题都可以了解Anable的功能

这本书是为谁写的

这本书是为任何想要从基础开始学习Ansible的人而写的。需要具备一些如何设置和配置Linux机器的经验，以及BIND、MySQL和其他Linux守护进程的应用知识。

What You Will Learn

• 使用Anable管理您的Windows计算机
• 使用Ansible的命令行工具来询问系统
• 与模块交互并部署云基础架构
• 在Anable内部处理数据，并扩展Anable的功能
• 了解如何在Ansible的保险库中存储机密并发现其他源代码管理技术
• 为大型环境构建可维护的配置
• 高效编写自定义Anable插件
• 通过编写自己的模块来扩展Anable的功能

In Detail

Ansible是一个用于配置和管理计算机的开源软件平台。它提供了一种清晰而简洁的方法来管理您的Linux基础设施的配置。这本书是一本循序渐进的指南，通过真实世界的示例，为您提供以简单、快速和可维护的方式有效管理系统所需的知识。

您将从学习Ansible的基础知识开始，然后继续探索更高级的主题。然后，您将学习攻略的基本和复杂操作，并与模块交互以管理和部署Windows计算机。您还将了解Ansible的更高级功能，如连续更新机器、将任务委托给其他机器、变量的高级使用、循环和条件、复制整个目录以及使用筛选器处理变量。在本书的最后，您将学习如何通过编写您自己的模块和插件来增加Anable本身的功能。

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Ansible
第2章：简单的攻略
第3章：高级攻略
第四章：大型项目
第5章：定制模块