Tutorial: Getting Started with Ansible for Linux Server Configuration Management

Amazon Affiliate Store

Gear we used on Kit (affiliate Links)
Try ITProTV free of charge and get 30% off!

Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 5% off your order at

Tesla Referral Program Offer

Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag

Digital Ocean Offer Code

HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service

Protect you privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access

Google Fi Service Referral Code

More Of Our Affiliates that help us out and can get you discounts!

Twitter

Patreon

Our Forums

GitHub

Discord

Our Web Site

PIA Internet Access Affiliates Link
Tutorial: Getting Started with Ansible for Linux Server Configuration Management

Our Web Site
Our Forums
Patreon
Twitter
Affiliate Link for Tube Buddy
On LinkedIn

[TsunboRecords]

Thanks for this new series! I was just wondering over the week end if you would ever do a serie on Ansible. And here we are :)

[omo-ogun]

I enjoy you guys training. I'm able to understand the breakdown of ansible even though it's a short video. I like how the guy on the left is also new to ansible tool, it give that easy to learn feel of ansible

[TheMemcon]

Now that I have time I'm watching through these videos. Thank you guys so much!

[balluchegu]

I love the training format.. Amazing job guys. Keep up tge good work.

[rogerjenson]

I am glad to see that Phil is a System76 user. I am enjoying my Kudu.

[davidg]

Thank you. I shall start to use ansible from now on.

[tylerharberts]

More Phil too! Would love some tips and tricks for dotfiles/vimrc files that you guys use as well.

[MirkWoot]

I was about to go crazy and make a rant comment... I learned that I did the wrong commands!. Or, and, some things i didn't think about. Can't be changed now, but it would had been nice to know that no ansible or other would be needed on the other machines :).
This is so cool, I didn't really think id learn ansible.. also I had no idea I could simply get it thru my package manager... I always thought of it as a Redhat delux product id not easily get my hands on.

[MatthewYakel]

Awesome thanks so much for this. I would love to see how to integrate ansible playbooks from GitHub. And more of what Phil does!! I want a Let’s Encrypt sticker.

[JayChristopherson]

Thumbs up for: ansible -i inventory fleet -m shell -a "apt install -y -qq vim; apt remove -y emacs"
Very useful video - THANKS!

[geogmz]

So I got exposure to Ansible for the first time through this video 3 years ago. And now this dude sounds to me like a total noob.. Meaning I've learned so much since that this is just too basic for me. So I want to thank you! For getting me started with Ansible ✌🏻I had ZERO knowledge about it when I watched this.

[ahsan-lish]

Awesome tutorial . Thanks Tom love the way you teach.

[jerrybailie]

You got a thumbs up from me for the vim comment ... :)

[davidstievenard]

excellent video
a suggestion of topic could be ansible vs puppet vs chef : pro and cons

[TheOnlyEpsilonAlpha]

25:15 That uptime thing you put in there, is kinda counter-intuitive: What if I put in the uptime command to get… well, the uptime of the system? To see if it’s rebooted as planned? 🤔

[bsodmike]

Brilliant!! Not seen this yet, but if you haven't do cover Ansible Tower. The UI (to me) is terrible but I guess I just need to put some cycles learning it. Vanilla Ansible/playbooks - very easy to pick up though.

Thanks Tom!!

[fbifido]

How-to video plans to try/teach:
1. List all servers & application in your business
{lets say your xcp-ng lab server is your business datacenter/server-rack}
{now create all the servers & workstation with apps & config you run in your business inside this datacenter using :
in an automated way, plus keep them up2date}
2. show how you create playbooks for each applications, servers, workstations and configuration
from firewall to freenas to invoice to wiki, etc...
3. (this list most likely will not have windows desktop or servers, this is tom we're talking about)

[heistking]

Tom is a good guy, Vim is obviously better.

[philipcook]

I would like to know how to use this in a mixed Linux environment to update the machines, and do anything else useful. Currently I have Debian, Ubuntu, and CentOS.

[TechchnologyGuru]

Cisco Switch management, config backup and deployment