ANSIBLEnew kid in configuration management world

Maciej Sawicki, Warsaw, November 2013

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WHY ANSIBLE?

agent-less

easy to start

python powered

“Batteries are Included”

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POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

agent less == potentially slow, potential firewall issues

# include magic from lib/ansible/module_common.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python2#coding: utf-8 -*-# https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/library/system/modprobe

def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec={ 'name': {'required': True}, 'state': {'default': 'present', 'choices': ['present', 'absent']}, }, supports_check_mode=True, ) args = { 'changed': False, 'failed': False, 'name': module.params['name'], 'state': module.params['state'], }

#some code

# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>main()

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DEMO

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NEXT STEPS

http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/

http://www.slideshare.net/gnosek/warsztaty-ansible

http://bit.ly/ansible-warsztatytaty

http://devopsu.com/books/taste-test-puppet-chef-salt-stack-ansible.html

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