Ansible v2.9

Ansible automates IT tasks such as system configuration, continuous deployments and zero downtime rolling updates.

Ansible manages machines in an agent-less manner with no remote daemons. relying on existing OS credentials and usage of OpenSSH for transport to control access to remote machines. Ansible can connect with Kerberos, LDAP, and other centralized authentication management systems.

Ansible releases a new major release of Ansible approximately three to four times per year. The core application evolves somewhat conservatively, valuing simplicity in language design and setup. Contributors develop and change modules and plugins, hosted in collections.

Installation, Upgrade & Configuration

• Installation Guide
  • Installing Ansible
  • Configuring Ansible
• Ansible Porting Guides
• User Guide

Common Ansible Scenarios

• Public Cloud Guides
• Network Technology Guides
• Virtualization and Containerization Guides

Network Automation

• Network Getting Started
  • Basic Concepts
  • How Network Automation is Different
  • Run Your First Command and Playbook
  • Build Your Inventory
  • Use Ansible network roles
  • Beyond the basics
  • Working with network connection options
  • Resources and next steps
• Network Advanced Topics
  • Network Resource Modules
  • Ansible Network Examples
  • Parsing semi-structured text with Ansible
  • Network Debug and Troubleshooting Guide
  • Working with command output and prompts in network modules
  • Ansible Network FAQ
  • Platform Options
• Network Developer Guide
  • Developing network resource modules
  • Developing network plugins
  • Documenting new network platforms

Ansible Galaxy

• Galaxy User Guide
  • Finding collections on Galaxy
  • Installing collections
  • Finding roles on Galaxy
  • Installing roles from Galaxy
• Galaxy Developer Guide
  • Creating collections for Galaxy
  • Creating roles for Galaxy

Reference & Appendices

• Collection Index
• Indexes of all modules and plugins
• Playbook Keywords
• Return Values
• Ansible Configuration Settings
• Controlling how Ansible behaves: precedence rules
• YAML Syntax
• Python 3 Support
• Interpreter Discovery
• Release and maintenance
• Testing Strategies
• Sanity Tests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Glossary
• Ansible Reference: Module Utilities
• Special Variables
• Red Hat Ansible Tower
• Ansible Automation Hub
• Logging Ansible output

Roadmaps

• Ansible Roadmap
  • ansible-base Roadmap
  • Ansible Roadmap
  • Older Roadmaps

Contributing to Ansible

• Ansible Community Guide
  • Getting started
  • Going deeper
  • Working with the Ansible repo
  • Traditional Table of Contents
  • AnsibleFest

Extending Ansible

• Developer Guide
  • Adding modules and plugins locally
  • Should you develop a module?
  • Ansible module development: getting started
  • Contributing your module to an existing Ansible collection
  • Conventions, tips, and pitfalls
  • Ansible and Python 3
  • Debugging modules
  • Module format and documentation
  • Windows module development walkthrough
  • Developing Cisco ACI modules
  • Guidelines for Ansible Amazon AWS module development
  • OpenStack Ansible Modules
  • oVirt Ansible Modules
  • Guidelines for VMware module development
  • Creating a new collection
  • Testing Ansible
  • The lifecycle of an Ansible module
  • Developing plugins
  • Developing dynamic inventory
  • Developing ansible-base
  • Ansible module architecture
  • Python API
  • Rebasing a pull request
  • Using and developing module utilities
  • Developing collections
  • Migrating Roles to Roles in Collections on Galaxy
  • Collection Galaxy metadata structure
  • Migrating Roles to Roles in Collections on Galaxy
  • Ansible architecture

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