Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. The System Architecture and Design of Ansible
2. Protecting Your Secrets with Ansible
3. Infrastructure Management for Enterprises with AWX
4. Ansible and Windows - Not Just for Linux
5. Unlocking the Power of Jinja2 Templates
6. Controlling Task Conditions
7. Composing Reusable Ansible Content with Roles
8. Troubleshooting Ansible
9. Extending Ansible
10. Minimizing Downtime with Rolling Updates
11. Infrastructure Provisioning
12. 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.