Ansible for Real-Life Automation: A complete Ansible handbook filled with practical IT automation use cases

Learn how to automate and manage your IT infrastructure and applications using AnsibleKey FeaturesDevelop Ansible automation use cases by automating day-to-day IT and application operationsUse Ansible to automate private and public cloud, application containers, and container platformsImprove your DevOps workflow with AnsibleBook DescriptionGet ready to leverage the power of Ansible's wide applicability to automate and manage IT infrastructure with Ansible for Real-Life Automation. This book will guide you in setting up and managing the free and open source automation tool and remote-managed nodes in the production and dev/staging environments.Starting with its installation and deployment, you'll learn automation using simple use cases in your workplace. You'll go beyond just Linux machines to use Ansible to automate Microsoft Windows machines, network devices, and private and public cloud platforms such as VMWare, AWS, and GCP. As you progress through the chapters, you'll integrate Ansible into your DevOps workflow and deal with application container management and container platforms such as Kubernetes. This Ansible book also contains a detailed introduction to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to help you get up to speed with Red Hat AAP and integration with CI/CD and ITSM.What's more, you'll implement efficient automation solutions while learning best practices and methods to secure sensitive data using Ansible Vault and alternatives to automate non-supported platforms and operations using raw commands, command modules, and REST API calls.By the end of this book, you'll be proficient in identifying and developing real-life automation use cases using Ansible.What you will learnExplore real-life IT automation use cases and employ Ansible for automationDevelop playbooks with best practices for production environmentsApproach different automation use cases with the most suitable methodsUse Ansible for infrastructure management and automate VMWare, AWS, and GCPIntegrate Ansible with Terraform, Jenkins, OpenShift, and KubernetesManage container platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift with AnsibleGet to know the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and its capabilitiesWho this book is forThis book is for DevOps and systems engineers looking to adopt Ansible as their automation tool. To get started with this book, basic knowledge of Linux is necessary, along with an understanding of how tasks are done the manual way before setting out to automate them.Table of ContentsAnsible Automation – IntroductionStarting with Simple AutomationAutomating Your Daily JobsExploring Collaboration in Automation DevelopmentExpanding Your Automation LandscapeAutomating Microsoft Windows and Network DevicesManaging Your Virtualization and Cloud PlatformsHelping the Database Team with AutomationImplementing Automation in DevOps workflowManaging Containers using AnsibleManaging Kubernetes using AnsibleIntegrating Ansible with your ToolsUsing Ansible for Secret ManagementKeeping Automation Simple but PowerfulHow to Automate nonsupported platformsAutomation Best Practices for Production Read more