Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Using Ansible as Your Automation Tool
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Ansible Automation – Introduction
Technical requirements
Hello engineers!
What is Ansible? Where should I use this tool?
Prerequisites
Ansible control node requirements
Ansible managed node requirements
Ansible is agentless
Ansible architecture
Ansible inventory
Ansible plugins
Ansible modules
Ansible content collections
Ansible playbook
Ansible use cases
Installing Ansible
Verify dependencies
Installing Ansible using the package manager
Installing Ansible using Python pip
Deploying Ansible
Creating an Ansible inventory
Configuring your managed nodes
Setting up SSH key-based authentication
Multiple users and credentials
Ansible ad hoc commands
Installing a package using ...
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