Configuration Management

How To Use Loops in Ansible Playbooks — step-by-step Devops tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Loops in Ansible Playbooks

When automating server setup, sometimes you’ll need to repeat the execution of the same task using different values. For instance, you may need to change permissions of multiple files, or create multiple users. To avoid repeating the task several times in your playbook file, it’s better to use loops instead. In this guide, learn more about how to use loops in Ansible playbooks.

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How To Configure Apache Using Ansible on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure Apache Using Ansible on Ubuntu 14.04

Ansible is an automation tool that allows you to remotely configure systems, install software, and perform complex tasks across a large fleet of servers without needing to manually log into each. This tutorial goes over how to configure Apache on a remote host using Ansible.

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An Introduction to SaltStack Terminology and Concepts — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

An Introduction to SaltStack Terminology and Concepts

Salt, or SaltStack, is a remote execution tool and configuration management system. Its remote execution capabilities allow administrators to run commands on various machines in parallel with a flexible targeting system. In this guide, we will discuss some of the basic concepts and terminology needed to begin learning Salt.

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What is Configuration Management? — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is Configuration Management?

Configuration management is the process of handling changes to a system in a way that assures integrity over time, typically involving tools and processes that facilitate automation and observability. Even though this concept didn’t originate in the IT industry, the term is broadly used to refer to server configuration management. In the context of servers, configuration management is also commonly referred to as *IT Automation* or *Server Orchestration*.

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How To Set Up Ansible Inventories — step-by-step Devops tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Ansible Inventories

In this guide, we’ll demonstrate how to create Ansible inventory files and organize servers into groups and subgroups, how to set up host variables, and how to use patterns to control the execution of Ansible commands and playbooks per host and per group.

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Uma Introdução ao Gerenciamento de Configuração — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Uma Introdução ao Gerenciamento de Configuração

Em um aspecto mais amplo, o gerenciamento de configuração (GC) refere-se ao processo de manipular sistematicamente as alterações em um sistema, de maneira a manter a integridade ao longo do tempo. Embora esse processo não tenha sido originado no setor de TI, o termo é amplamente…

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