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Mastering Ansible, 4th Edition
Mastering Ansible, 4th Edition

Mastering Ansible, 4th Edition: Automate configuration management and overcome deployment challenges with Ansible , Fourth Edition

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  • Completely revised and updated for Ansible 4.0 and beyond
  • Tackle complex automation challenges with the newly added features in Ansible
  • Learn about the rapidly expanding field of network automation using Ansible, with the help of practical examples for configuring network devices

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Ansible is a modern, YAML-based automation tool (built on top of Python, one of the world’s most popular programming languages) with a massive and ever-growing user base. Its popularity and Python underpinnings make it essential learning for all in the DevOps space. This fourth edition of Mastering Ansible provides complete coverage of Ansible automation, from the design and architecture of the tool and basic automation with playbooks to writing and debugging your own Python-based extensions. You'll learn how to build automation workflows with Ansible’s extensive built-in library of collections, modules, and plugins. You'll then look at extending the modules and plugins with Python-based code and even build your own collections — ultimately learning how to give back to the Ansible community. By the end of this Ansible book, you'll be confident in all aspects of Ansible automation, from the fundamentals of playbook design to getting under the hood and extending and adapting Ansible to solve new automation challenges.

Who is this book for?

If you are an Ansible developer or operator who has a detailed understanding of its core elements and applications but are now looking to enhance your skills in applying automation using Ansible, this book is for you. Prior experience working with core system administration tasks on Linux and basic familiarity with concepts such as cloud computing, containers, network devices, and fundamentals of a high-level programming language will help you make the most of this book.

What you will learn

  • Gain an in-depth understanding of how Ansible works under the hood
  • Get to grips with Ansible collections and how they are changing and shaping the future of Ansible
  • Fully automate the Ansible playbook executions with encrypted data
  • Use blocks to construct failure recovery or cleanup
  • Explore the playbook debugger and Ansible console
  • Troubleshoot unexpected behavior effectively
  • Work with cloud infrastructure providers and container systems
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Table of Contents

17 Chapters
Section 1: Ansible Overview and Fundamentals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: The System Architecture and Design of Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Migrating from Earlier Ansible Versions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Protecting Your Secrets with Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Ansible and Windows – Not Just for Linux Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Infrastructure Management for Enterprises with AWX Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Writing and Troubleshooting Ansible Playbooks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Unlocking the Power of Jinja2 Templates Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Controlling Task Conditions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Composing Reusable Ansible Content with Roles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Extending Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Orchestration with Ansible Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Minimizing Downtime with Rolling Deployments Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Infrastructure Provisioning Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: Network Automation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Just Some Guy Jul 16, 2022
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This is a great book, but it's NOT for Ansible/DevOps beginners. It assumes you already know and understand Ansible, and is written for those who want to take Ansible to the next level.I really enjoyed this book, because the writing is straightforward, no-nonsense, gets right down to business, and is very much tailored to a developer's mindset (that's me).NOTE: While not *necessary*, the ideal reader of this book knows Python 3, as several chapters dive deeply into Ansible's internal Python code (ex: the chapters on Debugging and writing Plugins/Roles/etc.). The chapter on Jinja2 templates will also appeal (and make the most sense) to someone with a coding background.Much of the book, beyond Python and Jinja2, focuses on how Ansible executes plays/tasks/etc., and offers countless tips/best practices/gotchas oriented towards complex procedural/imperative scenarios you might face in managing real infrastructure complexities. This is a fairly stark contrast to the declarative focus you'll find in more introductory Ansible books/tutorials (again, appealing to someone with a coding background, imho).My only real complaint about this book is that it falls short on providing meaningful real-world example material. There are tons of detailed code samples and screenshots throughout the book (and I'll overlook a few typos in the code), BUT they're almost all what I'd call the 'academic' variety (isolated hypothetical scenarios to show how to use the various Ansible features being explained, disconnected from any larger real-world environment or context). The last few chapters provide some slightly more complex "zero downtime deployment" examples, but the book would be much stronger if the authors had built up a set of examples around a realistic cloud app environment (i.e. a multi-tier or microservices architecture, with test/stage/prod environments, etc.). The experienced Ansible user this book targets will be able to imagine how the book's simple examples can be applied to their own complex needs, but the book would have benefited from offering more on this front.Final word: This is a great book for a serious Ansible developer who wants to take their skills to the next level. It offers plenty of value for anyone learning Ansible, but it IS NOT the first book you should read if you're just starting out.
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C. C Chin Oct 27, 2022
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Only started using beginner books..Use beginner books..then this book or both at same time.Build ansible sandbox.. start Ansible 2023Jeff book..two study books..orange and van G booksVagrant I guess
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R. TA Dec 31, 2021
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Excellent book, explaining in easy to understand terms the finer points of Ansible, so you can actually use it for big projects. The author was able to use simple examples to illustrate complex notions, very much appreciated.
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Nichole Stephan Nov 10, 2023
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Does a great job of documenting all of the precedence rules. Provides detailed examples on most topics. Great reference.To the author: in the next edition, consider how you might leverage the various building blocks in Ansible at an architectural level or the reasons why one would organize an inventory or playbook a given way. There is nothing out there thaat really provides use-case to solution mapping to help the advanced user understand how to wield Ansible as a component of their full CI/CD pipeline.
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oneil p Sep 30, 2023
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This is a well written book and simply explains concepts I used to believe were complex and hard to understand. I would have loved to have been given the soft copy of this book though.
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