How to Update Ubuntu with Ansible
One of the best ways to handle updating your Linux boxes is using automation. Using some type of automation for updates is a great way to make sure these get…
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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 Manage Windows Servers Examples Guide
Managing your Windows Servers from the GUI in mass is not fun or efficient. While the GUI has its place for one-off and ad-hoc configuration, managing your Windows servers in…
Update VMware ESXi Hosts with Ansible
Ansible is a great tool to perform various automation tasks quickly and easily. I really enjoy using it in the home lab to automate various tasks. Have you ever wanted…
Use Ansible AWX to Automate Linux Updates and Patches
Let’s face it, keeping your VMs and environments updated is a necessary evil that we all realize we need to do for security, stability, and enhancements. Especially from a security…
Use Ansible to Update OUI tables in Arpwatch
As most of you are aware, I have written a few posts about Arpwatch and the great value it provides in a network for visibility. It can help to uncover…
Configure Ansible Windows Server Kerberos authentication in Ubuntu
Managing Windows Servers with Ansible is a powerful way to perform configuration management and to remediate configuration skew in a server environment. As we have already explored basic Windows Server…
Bootstrap Windows Server Configuration with Ansible Playbooks
In our previous Ansible post covering basic Windows Server automation with Ansible, we looked at how to get an ansible server up and running as well as how to get…
Basic Windows Server Automation with Ansible
We have already looked at installing Ansible Tower for GUI administration of Ansible which we will go back to. I want to back up a little bit and cover working…