I will show you several operations which an administrator can perform on a remote windows system using ansible-playbook. Ansible is one of the most used DevOps tools in the market today. It provides a bunch of windows modules that are used to configure and manage the Windows server. I assume you already have Ansible installed…
Let me quickly show you how to connect the Windows server from Ansible running on Ubuntu. To follow the steps below, you need to have python 3.x and Ansible installed on both the system. You can follow the below articles if you need help. How to Install and Configure Ansible on Ubuntu? How to install…
Love Ansible, but wondering how to get it running on Windows? Ansible is one of the most popular configuration administration and infrastructure automation tools. It helps to automate infrastructure configuration/provisioning, software deployments, and general infrastructure management. Ansible was initially available on Linux. However, with Microsoft’s new viewpoint on open source, their community improvements, and their…
Ad-hoc Commands are used in Ansible to execute tasks instantly, and you need not save them for later use. This article is all about Ansible Ad-hoc Command. There are multiple tasks in Ansible where you don’t need to write a separate Ansible playbook for it; you can just run an ansible ad-hoc command for that…
Learn about Ansible Playbook to automate the tasks. Previously, we discussed Ansible introduction, installation guide, and next, let’s talk about Playbook and its building blocks. What is Ansible Playbook? The playbook is Ansible automation language. It is a simple file with a set of instructions. It is in playbooks where we define what we want…
Heard about Ansible but not sure what it is? Don’t worry, you will know about Ansible in the next 5 minutes. What is Ansible? Ansible is an open source DevOps tool which can help the business in configuration management, deployment, provisioning, etc. It is straightforward to deploy; it leverages SSH to communicate between servers. It…
Getting started with Ansible on Ubuntu for better environment provisioning and configuration management. Configuration Management is a crucial stage in DevOps lifecycle. It helps in automation and orchestration of the IT infrastructure. There are several tools for configuration management, for example, Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack. And, of course, Ansible which is one of the most…
DevOps is the new rave among many. Organizations are now keen to adopt DevOps practices such as Configuration Management, rightly into their ecosystems. When adopting a DevOps culture, software tools are crucial whether an organization is running its services On-prem or on Cloud. In this article, you’ll learn the best tools available for Configuration Management…
Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows-based systems. It consists of an emulation layer and a collection of tools that provide a Linux look and feel. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which acts as an emulation layer providing POSIX system call functionality over Windows. With Cygwin, users have access to standard UNIX utilities, which…
Cloud adoption is increasing among present-day businesses. And the reasons are obvious. It has increased organizational efficiency, global access, ease of use, better cash flow, reduced risks, and low investment without the hassles of maintenance. Cloud technology is a respite, especially to small and medium businesses. If you are running an online business, you are…
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