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Title: Practical Ansible: Configuration Management from Start to Finis
Author(s):  Vincent Sesto
Publisher: Apress

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by Vincent Sesto (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition
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Get ready to go from the basics of using Ansible to becoming proficient at implementing configuration management in your projects. This book begins with the basics of Ansible, providing you with details on how to install and configure your environment while working with different Ansible modules from the command line. Next, it introduces you to working with Ansible tasks and organizing configuration code into playbooks.

You’ll then learn how to extend playbooks further, using roles and templates within the configuration code. Author Vincent Sesto then extends your knowledge further by covering custom Ansible modules using Python and Linux shell scripts and demonstrating how you can start to keep your secret values encrypted and secure using Ansible Vault. You’ll also develop Ansible roles with the use of Ansible Galaxy to reuse existing roles that others have created.
This updated edition reflects changes added in the latest version of Ansible (2.9). It also includes an expanded chapter on testing Ansible using Molecule and managing large server environments using applications like Ansible Tower.



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    I've started using Ansible recently and saw a book at my local library. It starts out strong covering the benefits of Ansible and how to install it. The hello world ansible command line and playbook were clear. The overview of common modules gave a good feel for the scope. While I didn't need it, I'm happy the three pages covering YAML syntax were there for those new to it.

    Most of the book  is a series of tutorials. I feel like the concepts got lost in the weeks with this. For example the introduction of what a role was is covered inside 13 steps. I would have liked the concepts to be introduced with more focus on them. This felt more like a recipes book after a while which is not what I was expecting.

    I give this book 6 out of 10 horseshoes.
     
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    I've been using automated provisioning on the mousetech.com enterprise server farm for several years now. At this point, most of the work done in installing, updating, moving and maintaining systems is done by Ansible.

    One of Ansible's primary virtues is that it can not only provision multiple machines at a shot, but also the target machines don't need any special client software. As long as you can connect to a target via SSH, Ansible can manage it.

    Just a glance at the Table of Contents indicates that Vincent's book covers all the essentials, both basics and power features.

    Anyone who's interested in SysOps or DevOps should consider Ansible.
     
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