Sometimes it is useful to create a single playbook or role that does multiple steps, but not steps you want to run every time. You can use ‘tags’ to only include or exclude certain tasks in a playbook. To look at this concept I will use a playbook for creating...
Ansible is a simple yet powerful IT automation engine that helps users automates day-to-day repetitive tasks. Adding Ansible Towers or AWX to this powerful engine will give users role-based access to perform tasks and leverage other features like scheduling, creating...
This previous post showed how to setup and use SSL certificates for authentication instead of a username/password combination. The post mentioned that this can be used with Tower as well. This new post will show the minor updates to a Projects repository that are...
The first release of the Ansible Modules for StorageGRID is centered around automation and orchestration of Day-1 and Day-2 operations. If you’ve been following the many Ansible blog posts here at netapp.io, you will already be familiar with how Ansible makes it easy...
Step up your Automation game on StorageGRID Performing repetitive tasks can be very boring and can feel like a waste of time. Automating these repetitive tasks can give back teams more time to focus on solving real problems. Which is why we decided to make it easier...
