You're reading from Learn Ansible Automate your cloud infrastructure, security configuration, and application deployment with Ansible

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835088913

Length 414 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Ansible

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Russ McKendrick

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introducing, Installing, and Running Ansible FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Installing and Running Ansible

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Ansible Galaxy

4. Chapter 3: The Ansible Commands

5. Part 2: Deploying Applications

6. Chapter 4: Deploying a LAMP Stack

7. Chapter 5: Deploying WordPress

8. Chapter 6: Targeting Multiple Distributions

9. Chapter 7: Ansible Windows Modules

10. Part 3: Network and Cloud Automation

11. Chapter 8: Ansible Network Modules

12. Chapter 9: Moving to the Cloud

13. Chapter 10: Building Out a Cloud Network

14. Chapter 11: Highly Available Cloud Deployments

15. Chapter 12: Building Out a VMware Deployment

16. Part 4: Ansible Workflows

17. Chapter 13: Scanning Your Ansible Playbooks

18. Chapter 14: Hardening Your Servers Using Ansible

19. Chapter 15: Using Ansible with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps

20. Chapter 16: Introducing Ansible AWX and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

21. Chapter 17: Next Steps with Ansible

22. Index

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