Security Automation with Ansible 2

Summary

In this chapter, we covered how to work with Ansible Vault, using the hosted Ansible Galaxy site and even self-hosting it. We also discussed on a need for keeping the controller node safe and secure.

Apart from these topics, we also looked at some of the most comprehensive software projects that use Ansible in a variety of ways. In all these projects, Ansible is the centrepiece of their orchestration and provisioning of software and related services. The main idea of highlighting all these projects was to expand on the theme of the book and also make you aware of the sheer number of ways Ansible is being used for automation, especially around security workloads. We also looked at what is coming in the next year in terms of Ansible ...