Chapter 5. Automation with Ansible
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following topics:
- Installing Ansible
- Creating a scaffold Playbook
- Creating a common role
- Creating a webserver using Ansible and Nginx
- Creating an application server role using Tomcat and Ansible
- Installing MySQL using Ansible
- Installing and managing HAProxy with Ansible
- Using ServerSpec to test your Playbook
Introduction
Automation is one of the defining techniques of DevOps engineers, and it's not entirely without reason. Both developers and operators have long made use of automation methods to provide services, with operators using automation to define server configuration, and developers automating software build activities. However, until recently, there have been limited ...
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