Ansible: Up and Running- Automating Configuration Management and Deployment the Easy Way Paperback – 1 January 2017

by Lorin Hochstein  (Author), Rene Moser (Author)

Among the many configuration management tools available, Ansible has some distinct advantagesóitís minimal in nature, you donít need to install anything on your nodes and it has an easy learning curve. with this updated second edition, youíll learn how to be productive with this tool quickly, whether youíre a developer deploying code to production or a system administrator looking for a better automation solution.
Authors Lorin Hochstein and RenÈ Moser show you how to write playbooks (Ansibleís configuration management scripts), manage remote servers and explore the toolís real power: built-in declarative modules. Youíll discover that Ansible has the functionality you needóand the simplicity you desire.

Manage Windows machines and automate network device configuration
Manage your fleet from your web browser with Ansible Tower
Understand how Ansible differs from other configuration management systems
Use the YAML file format to write your own playbooks
Work with a complete example to deploy a non-trivial application
Deploy applications to Amazon EC2 and other cloud platforms
Create Docker images and deploy Docker containers with Ansible

This book is best read start to finish, with later chapters building on earlier ones. Because itís written in a tutorial style, you can follow along on your own machine. Most examples focus on web applications.