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You're reading from Hands-On Enterprise Automation on Linux Efficiently perform large-scale Linux infrastructure automation with Ansible

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789131611

Length 512 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Ansible

Concepts

Workflow Automation

Author (1):

James Freeman

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Core Concepts

2. Building a Standard Operating Environment on Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Automating Your IT Infrastructure with Ansible

4. Streamlining Infrastructure Management with AWX

5. Section 2: Standardizing Your Linux Servers

6. Deployment Methodologies

7. Using Ansible to Build Virtual Machine Templates for Deployment

8. Custom Builds with PXE Booting

9. Configuration Management with Ansible

10. Section 3: Day-to-Day Management

11. Enterprise Repository Management with Pulp

12. Patching with Katello

13. Managing Users on Linux

14. Database Management

15. Performing Routine Maintenance with Ansible

16. Section 4: Securing Your Linux Servers

17. Using CIS Benchmarks

18. CIS Hardening with Ansible

19. Auditing Security Policy with OpenSCAP

20. Tips and Tricks

21. Assessments

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Questions

What are the benefits of local user accounts, even when a directory service is employed?
Which module is used to create and manipulate user accounts in Ansible?
How would you generate an encrypted password hash, using just Ansible?
Which package is used to integrate Linux servers with AD?
How can you use Ansible to audit configuration from a group of servers?
What is the purpose of validating the sudoers file when deploying it from a template?
What additional benefits does a directory service bring that Ansible could not provide, even though it can deploy user accounts across all your servers?
How would you make the choice between FreeIPA and AD?

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Authors (1)

James Freeman

James Freeman is an accomplished IT professional with over 25 years' experience in the technology industry. He has more than a decade of first-hand experience in solving real-world enterprise problems in production environments using Ansible, open source, and AWS. As part of this work, he frequently introduces Ansible as a new technology to businesses and CTOs for the first time. In addition, he has co-authored five books and one video training course on Ansible, facilitated bespoke Ansible workshops and training sessions, and presented at both international conferences and meetups on Ansible.

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