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21. Filters — Ansible Documentation 2018-06-29

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, file, jinja, programming/python, template

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22. Running Ansible Through an SSH Bastion Host 2018-05-17

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, network, network/proxy, network/ssh, tunnel

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    • https://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/11/21/using-ssh-bastion-host/
    • https://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/12/04/use-case-ssh-bastion-host/
    • https://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/12/11/using-ssh-multiplexing/
    • https://dotfiles.tnetconsulting.net/articles/2015/0506/empowering-openssh.html
    • https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ssh-proxy-bastion-proxyjump
    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/faq.html#how-do-i-configure-a-jump-host-to-access-servers-that-i-have-no-direct-access-to
    • https://gist.github.com/seansawyer/8fe009e67f7e01344328
23. Vim and Ansible YAML 2018-04-26

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, editor/vim, programming/yaml

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    • https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/5pi7rg/trying_to_optimize_vim_with_ansible/
    • https://github.com/pearofducks/ansible-vim
    • https://github.com/chase/vim-ansible-yaml
24. List of projects for development environment setup with Ansible, Vagrant and VirtualBox 2018-04-12

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, development, linux, tool, virtualization/vagrant, virtualization/virtualbox

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    • https://github.com/AlbanAndrieu/ansible-nabla
    • https://github.com/AlbanAndrieu/ansible-workstation
    • https://github.com/Benoth/ansible-ubuntu
    • https://github.com/carltonstedman/anarres
    • https://github.com/gantsign/development-environment
    • https://github.com/virtualtam/anarres
25. Anarres — Automation for your GNU/Linux workstation! 2018-04-06

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, development, dotfile, linux, linux/archlinux, linux/debian, linux/ubuntu, virtualization/vagrant, virtualization/virtualbox

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    • https://github.com/virtualtam/anarres
26. inventory as real plugins · Issue #41 · ansible/proposals · GitHub 2018-04-05

    tags: configuration, configuration-management/ansible, host, network

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    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/plugins/inventory.html
27. ansible-lockdown: Ansible playbook roles for security 2018-04-05

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, linux, linux/red-hat, security

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    • https://iase.disa.mil/stigs/os/unix-linux/Pages/index.aspx
    • https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/
28. Ansible Handler notify vs register - Stack Overflow 2017-10-18

    tags: configuration-management/ansible

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    To immediately apply notified handlers:

    • meta: flush_handlers
29. Ansible AWX & Ansible Tower Documentation 2017-09-26

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, linux, linux/red-hat, tower, user-interface, web

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    • https://github.com/ansible/awx

    • https://www.ansible.com/awx-project-faq

    • https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/08/05/supercharge-ansible-with-ansibleworks-awx-1-2

    • https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-advances-enterprise-and-network-automation-new-ansible-offerings

    • https://www.ansible.com/blog/5-things-you-can-do-with-awx

    • https://jpmens.net/2017/10/20/a-few-notes-on-ansible-awx/

    • https://jpmens.net/2017/10/23/trigger-awx-job-runs-on-scm-commit/

    • https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2017/ansible-open-sources-ansible-tower-awx

    • https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2017/get-started-using-ansible-awx-open-source-tower-version-one-minute

    • https://github.com/geerlingguy/awx-container

    • https://www.reddit.com/r/ansible/comments/6ymmny/awx_ansible_towers_upstream_open_source_project/

30. Sensu | Full-stack monitoring for today's business. 2017-09-05

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, linux, network/snmp, observability

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    • https://docs.sensu.io/
    • https://github.com/sensu/sensu
    • https://github.com/sensu/sensu-ansible
    • https://github.com/hiroakis/docker-sensu-server
    • https://github.com/sstarcher/docker-sensu
31. Running Gitlab in Docker with Ansible – TheLastCicada 2017-09-03

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, linux/container/docker, source-code-management, source-code-management/git, source-code-management/gitlab

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    • https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/docker/
    • https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ce/
    • https://github.com/adejoux/gitlab_ansible_docker
    • http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/docker_image_module.html
    • http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/docker_container_module.html
32. Ansible | Logging playbook runs 2017-08-29

    tags: configuration, configuration-management/ansible, observability/logging

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    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18794808/how-do-i-get-logs-details-of-ansible-playbook-module-executions
    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35135954/how-to-log-in-a-separate-file-per-playbook-in-ansible
    • https://dzone.com/articles/running-ansible-playbooks-from-jenkins
33. How do you stop Ansible from creating .retry files in the home directory? - Stack Overflow 2017-08-29

    tags: configuration, configuration-management/ansible

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    • https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/c15b47fb7bbcca965089afc15c2dacf2f8120758
    • https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/5515
    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_configuration.html#retry-files-enabled
    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_configuration.html#retry-files-save-path
34. Ansible: How to delete files and folders inside a directory? - Stack Overflow 2017-08-25

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, delete, directory, file

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    See answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/41837196 for an elegant solution using the file module

35. synchronize - A wrapper around rsync to make common tasks in your playbooks quick and easy. — Ansible Documentation 2017-08-25

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, cryptography/public-key-infrastructure, data, network/ssh, rsync

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    SYNCHRONIZE MODULE IS BAD! AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD!

    => Use rsync in a command / shell task with SSH configuration / identities

    • https://www.reddit.com/r/ansible/comments/53ix3o/using_synchronize_over_ssh/
    • https://twitter.com/dfed/status/776853915618926592
    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_delegation.html
36. ansible - iteration using with_items and register - Stack Overflow 2017-08-25

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, item, list, loop, observability/logging, variable

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37. Ansible | Automated OpenLDAP installation on Debian 2017-08-24

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, linux, linux/debian, network/ldap, security/authentication

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    Ansible modules:

    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ldap_entry_module.html
    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ldap_attr_module.html

    Installation guides:

    • https://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/OpenLDAPSetup
    • https://debian-administration.org/article/585/OpenLDAP_installation_on_Debian

    Debconf & slapd automation:

    • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/362547/automating-slapd-install
    • https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/script-install-slapd-with-admin-ldap-password-4175426002/
    • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-change-account-passwords-on-an-openldap-server
38. nickjj/ansigenome: A tool to help you gather information and manage your Ansible roles. 2017-08-24

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, dependency, graph, role, visualization

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39. action - Ansible - Print message - debug: msg="line1 \n {{ var2 }} \n line3 with var3 = {{ var3 }}" - Stack Overflow 2017-08-24

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, debugging, line, multiple, observability/logging

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40. Ansible | Setup SSH PKI authentication between two hosts 2017-08-22

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, cryptography/public-key-infrastructure, host, network/ssh, variable

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    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_conditionals.html#register-variables
    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/authorized_key_module.html
    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25629933/ansible-copy-ssh-key-from-one-host-to-another#25644384
    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35808649/ansible-accessing-register-variables-from-other-plays-within-same-playbook
    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33896847/how-do-i-set-register-a-variable-to-persist-between-plays-in-ansible
    • https://serverfault.com/questions/638507/how-to-access-host-variable-of-a-different-host-with-ansible
    • https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/1934