Automation Made Simple with Ansible

Short talk presented at the first DigitalOcean Berlin meetup

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2. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
   @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
   ANSIBLE OVERVIEW
   

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3. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
   @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
   Ansible
   ●
   Simple and straightforward
   language (YAML)
   ●
   Agentless Architecture
   ●
   Huge collection of built-in modules
   ●
   Great community, very popular on
   Github
   

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4. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
   @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
   Inventories
   #/etc/ansible/hosts
   [dev]
   192.168.30.33
   [prod]
   myserver.com
   otherserver.com
   

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5. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
   @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
   Playbook Example
   ---
   - hosts: all
   become: true
   tasks:
   - name: Update apt-cache
   apt: update_cache=yes
   - name: Install Nginx
   apt: name=nginx state=latest
   

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6. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
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   Playbook Resources
   ●
   Variables
   ●
   Loops
   ●
   Conditionals
   ●
   Templates
   ●
   Ansible Vault
   

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7. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
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   HANDS ON
   

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8. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
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   Playbook
   ---
   - hosts: all
   become: true
   vars:
   packages: ["nginx", "vim"]
   message: "1st DigitalOcean Berlin Meetup, YAY!"
   tasks:
   - name: Update apt-cache
   apt: update_cache=yes
   - name: Install Packages
   apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
   with_items: packages
   - name: Change Nginx index file
   template: src=index.tpl dest=/usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
   notify: restart nginx
   handlers:
   - name: restart nginx
   service: name=nginx enabled=yes state=restarted
   

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9. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
   @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
   Playbook
   ---
   - hosts: all
   become: true
   vars:
   packages: ["nginx", "vim"]
   message: "1st DigitalOcean Berlin Meetup, YAY!"
   tasks:
   - name: Update apt-cache
   apt: update_cache=yes
   - name: Install Packages
   apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
   with_items: packages
   - name: Change Nginx index file
   template: src=index.tpl dest=/usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
   notify: restart nginx
   handlers:
   - name: restart nginx
   service: name=nginx enabled=yes state=restarted
   

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10. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
    @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
    Playbook
    ---
    - hosts: all
    become: true
    vars:
    packages: ["nginx", "vim"]
    message: "1st DigitalOcean Berlin Meetup, YAY!"
    tasks:
    - name: Update apt-cache
    apt: update_cache=yes
    - name: Install Packages
    apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
    with_items: packages
    - name: Change Nginx index file
    template: src=index.tpl dest=/usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
    notify: restart nginx
    handlers:
    - name: restart nginx
    service: name=nginx enabled=yes state=restarted
    

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11. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
    @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
    Playbook
    ---
    - hosts: all
    become: true
    vars:
    packages: ["nginx", "vim"]
    message: "1st DigitalOcean Berlin Meetup, YAY!"
    tasks:
    - name: Update apt-cache
    apt: update_cache=yes
    - name: Install Packages
    apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
    with_items: packages
    - name: Change Nginx index file
    template: src=index.tpl dest=/usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
    notify: restart nginx
    handlers:
    - name: restart nginx
    service: name=nginx enabled=yes state=restarted
    

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12. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
    @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
    Playbook
    ---
    - hosts: all
    become: true
    vars:
    packages: ["nginx", "vim"]
    message: "1st DigitalOcean Berlin Meetup, YAY!"
    tasks:
    - name: Update apt-cache
    apt: update_cache=yes
    - name: Install Packages
    apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
    with_items: packages
    - name: Change Nginx index file
    template: src=index.tpl dest=/usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
    notify: restart nginx
    handlers:
    - name: restart nginx
    service: name=nginx enabled=yes state=restarted
    

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13. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
    @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
    Playbook
    ---
    - hosts: all
    become: true
    vars:
    packages: ["nginx", "vim"]
    message: "1st DigitalOcean Berlin Meetup, YAY!"
    tasks:
    - name: Update apt-cache
    apt: update_cache=yes
    - name: Install Packages
    apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
    with_items: packages
    - name: Change Nginx index file
    template: src=index.tpl dest=/usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
    notify: restart nginx
    handlers:
    - name: restart nginx
    service: name=nginx enabled=yes state=restarted
    

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14. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
    @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
    DEMO TIME!
    

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15. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
    @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
    QUESTIONS?
    

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16. Automation Made Simple with Ansible
    @erikaheidi / DigitalOcean Meetup Berlin
    THANKS!
    @erikaheidi
    erika@do.co
    

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