by David Blackwell | Jan 9, 2019 | CI/CD Pipeline, Configuration Management, Use Cases
Sites trying to move into a DevOps model often want to implement a Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) process. This can be challenging without any frames of reference. For our Ansible development we use such a process and want to share that with...
by David Blackwell | Dec 14, 2018 | Configuration Management
As I have mentioned in the past, the normal way of commutation for Ansible, SSH, is not possible with the NetApp systems. We use http and https communications. This however requires a username and password combination for each task run. Interactive playbooks can...
by David Blackwell | Dec 11, 2018 | Configuration Management
One of the things about Ansible that makes it so useful, is its ability to gather information about a system that can then be used in the tasks you run. Because of how the NetApp modules work, this feature isn’t core to them. However, for ONTAP there is the...
by David Blackwell | Oct 12, 2018 | Configuration Management
Automation and configuration management are indispensable to an efficient DevOps driven environment. NetApp supports Ansible modules for ONTAP and Element software. So, let’s get right to it and see how all this worksby building a complete workflow while adding in...
by David Blackwell | Oct 11, 2018 | Configuration Management
Automation and configuration management are indispensable to an efficient DevOps driven environment. NetApp supports Ansible modules for ONTAP and Element software. So, let’s get right to it and see how all this works. First Playbook Example Now that we have...
