You will learn what configuration management is and how it’s useful, and by the end you will create an entire cluster of virtualized machines, all of which have your applications and all their dependencies installed automatically. You will learn how to create an Ansible playbook to automatically set up an environment, ready to install an open source project. You’ll extract common tasks into roles that you can reuse across all your projects, and build your infrastructure on top of existing open source roles and modules that are available for you to use. You will learn to build your own modules to perform actions specific to your business. Finally, you'll test your Ansible playbooks.
Ansible can do as much or as little as you want it to. Ansible: From Beginner to Pro will teach you all you need to know to be an Ansible professional. You’ll be writing roles and modules and creating entire environments without human intervention in no time at all.
What You Will Learn
- Learn why Ansible is so popular and how to download and install it
- Create a playbook that automatically downloads and installs a popular open source project
- Use open source roles to complete common tasks, and write your own specific to your business
- Extend Ansible by writing your own modules
- Test your infrastructure using Test Kitchen and ServerSpec
Who This Book Is For
Ansible: From Beginner to Pro is for developers that currently create development and production environments by hand. If you find yourself running apt-get install regularly, this book is for you. Ansible adds reproducibility and saves you time all at once. Ansible: From Beginner to Pro is great for any developer wanting to enhance their skillset and learn new tools.