You're reading from Ansible for Real-Life Automation A complete Ansible handbook filled with practical IT automation use cases

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803235417

Length 480 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Ansible

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Gineesh Madapparambath

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Using Ansible as Your Automation Tool

2. Chapter 1: Ansible Automation – Introduction FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Starting with Simple Automation

4. Chapter 3: Automating Your Daily Jobs

5. Chapter 4: Exploring Collaboration in Automation Development

6. Part 2: Finding Use Cases and Integrations

7. Chapter 5: Expanding Your Automation Landscape

8. Chapter 6: Automating Microsoft Windows and Network Devices

9. Chapter 7: Managing Your Virtualization and Cloud Platforms

10. Chapter 8: Helping the Database Team with Automation

11. Chapter 9: Implementing Automation in a DevOps Workflow

12. Chapter 10: Managing Containers Using Ansible

13. Chapter 11: Managing Kubernetes Using Ansible

14. Chapter 12: Integrating Ansible with Your Tools

15. Chapter 13: Using Ansible for Secret Management

16. Part 3: Managing Your Automation Development Flow with Best Practices

17. Chapter 14: Keeping Automation Simple and Efficient

18. Chapter 15: Automating Non-Standard Platforms and Operations

19. Chapter 16: Ansible Automation Best Practices for Production

20. Index

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