Skip to Content
DevSecOps in Oracle Cloud: Securing and Automating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
book

DevSecOps in Oracle Cloud: Securing and Automating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

by Erik Benner, Ahmed Aboulnaga, Dhrumil Patel
April 2025
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
16h 3m
English
Oracle Press
Content preview from DevSecOps in Oracle Cloud: Securing and Automating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

15

An Introduction to Ansible

What Is Ansible?

Ansible is an incredibly powerful and efficient open-source software tool that enables the automation of various IT operations such as system configuration and software deployment. The tool employs a simple yet readable language called YAML, which allows users to create scripts known as playbooks that can be easily replicated. These playbooks can be executed either via a command-line interface or a centralized web interface to manage and configure systems. Additionally, Ansible offers a vast collection of predefined functions known as modules, which boast a straightforward interface and take input parameters to define the actions to be performed on the target hosts. These modules typically return ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - A Guide to Building Cloud Native Applications

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - A Guide to Building Cloud Native Applications

Jeevan Gheevarghese Joseph, Adao Oliveira Junior, Mickey Boxell

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780138029777