3 posts tagged with "Ansible"

Infrastructure as Code is a key element of most top performing engineering setups. It’s a big leap forward in the way Ops and Devs interact with their own infrastructure. Interestingly, many still disagree on its definition and best practices. This article will clearly describe IaC, looking at both the its great benefits and crucial limitations.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is making waves in the world of software engineering, shaking up how Ops folks handle infrastructure setup and upkeep. But even though IaC has become pretty much the industry standard, there's still some serious debate going on about what exactly it is — and how to get it right. This article will take you on a journey through the history and future of infrastructure workflows. I’ll dive into what technologies were born out of the IaC evolution along with all the good stuff it offers, along with its limitations. Let's get started.

Introduction​

Ansible is an open-source IT automation tool that simplifies and automates various manual IT processes, including provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration. It is designed to be minimal, consistent, secure, and highly reliable, with an extremely low learning curve for administrators, developers, and IT managers.

Ansible is primarily intended for IT professionals who use it for tasks such as application deployment, updates on workstations and servers, cloud provisioning, configuration management, and intra-service orchestration. & It enables cross-platform automation and orchestration at scale.

It is created by contributions from an active open-source community. Ansible is designed to be simple, powerful, and agentless, which means it does not require any software or agents to be installed on the managed nodes.

Ansible uses a declarative language called YAML to define automation tasks, which makes it easy to read and understand.

Are you ready to embark on your coding journey? Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting, setting up the right development environment is crucial for a smooth and productive workflow. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to create a robust development environment using popular tools like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Python, and Ansible.