ansible – Just another Linux geek

3 April, 20225 April, 2022Ansible, Fedora, FOSS

Using a dynamic libvirt inventory with Ansible

The Ansible community libvirt collection provides a method to interact with QEMU and LXC (if that interests you, please come and join us!). Along with support for libvirt tasks such […]

13 January, 202218 January, 2022Fedora, FOSS, OpenStack

Swift object storage clusters with Ansible

OpenStack Swift is a most brilliant object store and I have built a few clusters over the last couple of years using SwiftStack’s product, which is really excellent. However, I […]

27 December, 20215 March, 2022Ansible, Fedora, FOSS

Setting up an Ansible dev environment

I do a lot of dev work using my Ansible virtual infrastructure role to spin up various KVM guests across multiple hosts using YAML based inventories. I’ve just put my […]

21 March, 202022 March, 2020Fedora, FOSS, OpenStack

Using Ansible and dynamic inventory to manage OpenStack TripleO nodes

TripleO based OpenStack deployments use an OpenStack all-in-one node (undercloud) to automate the build and management of the actual cloud (overcloud) using native services such as Heat and Ironic. Roles […]

10 June, 201910 June, 2019Fedora, FOSS, OpenStack, Tech

Securing Linux with Ansible

The Ansible Hardening role from the OpenStack project is a great way to secure Linux boxes in a reliable, repeatable and customisable manner. It was created by former colleague of […]

9 August, 201630 January, 2017FOSS, OpenStack

Setting up OpenStack Ansible All-in-one behind a proxy

Setting up OpenStack Ansible (OSA) All-in-one (AIO) behind a proxy requires a couple of settings, but it should work fine (we’ll also configure the wider system). There are two types […]