Ansible Semaphore: Awesome Open Source Ansible GUI
Ansible is an awesome automation tool that I use in the home lab and production environment regularly. However, sometimes it is nice to have a GUI to point and click…
Category: DevOps
Resolve-DNSname: PowerShell DNS Lookup
Let’s look at a very cool and powerful DNS troubleshooting tool that is included as a PowerShell cmdlet. The Resolve-DnsName PowerShell cmdlet is a tool that includes the features of…
PSWindowsupdate: Automated Windows Updates with PowerShell
Let’s look at PSWindowsupdate automated Windows Updates with PowerShell and see how it can come to the rescue for keeping your Windows environment up-to-date. What is PSWindowsUpdate? PSWindowsUpdate is a…
Terrascan: Cloud Compliance and Security Scanner for IaC
Terrascan is a cool utility that provides a code analyzer that helps to make sure your infrastructure as code is secure and compliant. What is Terrascan? Terrascan, is an open-source…
ArgoCD Helm Chart Install Applications
Argo CD, a GitOps continuous delivery tool, and Helm, can both work together to help admins to simplify the deployment and management process for Kubernetes clusters. We’ll explore ArgoCD helm…
Top 25 DevOps Automation Tools in 2023
In this guide, we’ve compiled the top 25 DevOps automation tools in 2023 (plus 1) to help you enhance your workflow and streamline your software development processes. What DevOps automation…
Ansible Software Patching for Beginners
Ansible is a well-known configuration management solution that can be used for automating many different things. One thing you can do very well with Ansible is using it for updates…
Ansible Docker Container Management Playbooks
Ansible can be used to manage your Docker container environment and other infrastructure. Let’s see how that can be done. What is Docker? Docker has become the standard for running…
Terraform remote exec provisioner to run shell commands
If you are delving into using Terraform in your production or home lab environment, it is a great way to automate your infrastructure, either in a private cloud or public…
Choosing the Best VMware Automation Tools
Providing streamlined and consistent management across the virtual estate is extremely important when using enterprise virtualization servers to run virtual machines in the enterprise data center. Managing a vSphere environment…