by David Blackwell | Jul 17, 2019 | Ansible, Automation, Cluster, Configuration Management, DevOps, ONTAP, Operations, Playbooks
In all the examples we have shared so far, we haven’t been using an inventory file; instead we are simply setting ‘hosts: localhost’. A question I get asked from time to time is “How can a playbook be run against multiple clusters without having to use outside...
by Veena Kannan | Jun 18, 2019 | Ansible, Automation, Configuration Management, ONTAP, ONTAP Select
Businesses want simple, automated ways to manage their complex data infrastructure. Ansible makes this easier with features like modules, roles and playbooks. This post discusses the two new Ansible roles that have been published for the ONTAP Select product to help...
by Aubrey Muhlach | May 22, 2019 | Ansible, Element Software, ONTAP, thePub, Trident, Webinar
DevOps – are you sick of hearing about it yet? Ask three different people what it is and you’ll get three different responses. The fact is, it’s HARD. There is no silver bullet to implementing DevOps, there is no one person who can do it, there is no one solution that...
by David Blackwell | Apr 22, 2019 | Ansible, Configuration Management, NFS, Operations
With Red Hat Summit fast approaching let’s take a look at a pair of roles today. In previous posts I have covered day-0 operations with the Cluster Config role, and day-1 operations with the Vserver Create role. Now I will cover the repeated task of creating...
by David Blackwell | Apr 2, 2019 | Ansible, Automation, Configuration Management, DevOps, ONTAP, Playbooks
I discussed adding NetApp roles and making them available in this post. If you haven’t read that one, please take a moment to read it as it covers the installation and configuration settings to make these roles usable. Much like the Cluster Config role allowed for...
by David Blackwell | Mar 25, 2019 | Ansible, Automation, Configuration Management, ONTAP, Playbooks
Ansible makes the management of NetApp systems easy. Sometimes, though, groups don’t have the time or inclination to create their own playbooks. Ansible has a solution that can ease this issue, it is called roles. An Ansible role is a collection of playbooks,...
