Table of Contents

The System Architecture and Design of Ansible

Protecting Your Secrets with Ansible

Infrastructure Management for Enterprises with AWX

Ansible and Windows - Not Just for Linux

Unlocking the Power of Jinja2 Templates

Controlling Task Conditions

Composing Reusable Ansible Content with Roles

Troubleshooting Ansible

Extending Ansible

Minimizing Downtime with Rolling Updates

Infrastructure Provisioning

Network Automation

About the Author

James Freeman is an accomplished IT consultant with over 20 years' experience in the technology industry. He has more than 5 years of first-hand experience of solving realworld enterprise problems in production environments using Ansible, frequently introducing Ansible as a new technology to businesses and CTOs for the first time. In addition, he has authored and facilitated bespoke Ansible workshops and training sessions, and has presented at both international conferences and meetups on Ansible. Jesse Keating is an accomplished Ansible user, contributor, and presenter. He has been an active member of the Linux and open source community for over 15 years. He has firsthand experience involving a variety of IT activities, software development, and large-scale system administration. He has presented at numerous conferences and meetups, and has written many articles on a variety of topics.