🚀 Automation Tool for Operations: Easily Manage Hundreds of Linux Servers with Ansible Say goodbye to manual operations! Manage 1000 servers with a single command, that’s the charm of Ansible. 🎯 Why Choose Ansible? Are you still struggling to manage dozens of servers? Are you still working late into the night deploying applications one by … Read more
0. Introduction: Why You Need a “Magic Tool” Instead of “Common Commands” In the daily operations of many people, when faced with dozens or even hundreds of servers, a question often arises—Is there a way to make these machines move simultaneously as if they were listening to a conductor? Ansible is that conductor’s baton. Its … Read more
—- name: Install common system packages hosts: all become: yes # Equivalent to -b vars: common_packages: – net-tools – vim – tree – htop – iftop – gcc – gcc-c++ – glibc – iotop – lrzsz – sl – wget – unzip – telnet – nmap – nc – psmisc – dos2unix – bash-completion – … Read more
Ansible Firefighting Hotline Series (10): Automating Linux Network Configuration with rhel-system-roles.network #Linux #Automation #Ansible #Network #NetworkManagement #NetworkConfigurationAutomation 🔥 Say Goodbye to Complexity! Why is Network Configuration in Need of Automation? Dear operations engineers, SREs, and cloud engineers, please recall these moments that give us headaches: •New Machine Setup 🤯: Dozens of new servers arrive, and … Read more
#Linux #Automation #Ansible #Network 🔥 Say Goodbye to Complexity! Why is Network Configuration in Need of Automation? Dear operations engineers, SREs, and cloud engineers, please recall these frustrating moments: •New Machine Deployment 🤯: Dozens of new servers arrive, and you need to log in one by one, typing repetitive <span><span>nmcli</span></span> commands to configure static IPs, … Read more
Ansible Playbook Error Handling When an Ansible task returns a non-zero status code, the task execution fails and prints an error message. Ignore Errors <span>ignore_errors: true</span> can be used to ignore errors and continue execution. – name: Do not count this as a failure ansible.builtin.command: /bin/false ignore_errors: true <span>ignore_errors: true</span> can be set at the … Read more
This is a free deployment solution for the Ansible Web management panel designed for beginners. After a comprehensive comparison of mainstream tools, I recommend two solutions: Ansible AWX (enterprise-level features) and Polemarch (lightweight and easy to use). Both solutions are based on Docker container deployment, reducing the difficulty of environment configuration. ⚖️ 1. Comparison of … Read more
Ansible Playbook Practical Guide: From Basics to Large-Scale Cluster Automation Deployment Introduction: Why Choose Ansible? In the cloud-native era, manual operations have become the biggest bottleneck restricting team efficiency. When faced with hundreds of servers needing batch deployment, traditional SSH operations on each machine are not only inefficient but also prone to errors. The emergence … Read more
In modern IT operations environments, configuration management automation has become a key technology for improving efficiency, ensuring consistency, and reducing human errors. Ansible, as an open-source configuration management tool, has become one of the preferred tools for operations engineers due to its ease of use and agentless architecture. This article will provide a comprehensive introduction … Read more
Ansible Firefighting Hotline Series (6): Automated Inspection of Key Linux Services (Easily Customizable) Is your server down again? Don’t panic! This Ansible inspection “robot” can pinpoint the problematic service with one click! <span><span>#Operations</span></span><span><span>#Automation</span></span><span><span>#Ansible</span></span><span><span>#ServerInspection</span></span><span><span>#Linux</span></span><span><span>#EfficiencyTool</span></span> 💡 Thought Upgrade: From “Functional” to “Excellent”, Why Do We Choose Roles?💡 Before we dive into practical applications, let’s discuss a deeper … Read more