Sep 28, 2025 · 1 min read · Today, I began setting up Ansible Galaxy and modular roles to move beyond single playbooks. The idea is to structure automation into reusable roles and use a centralized inventory and configuration for easier management. 🔧 Ansible Configuration (an...
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Sep 27, 2025 · 2 min read · Today, I automated Nginx installation, configuration, and firewall setup across both RedHat-based (AlmaLinux, Rocky, CentOS, RHEL) and Debian-based (Ubuntu, Debian) systems — all within a single playbook. This demonstrates the true power of Ansible’s...
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Sep 25, 2025 · 1 min read · Today was all about making Ansible playbooks smarter and reusable by: Installing packages conditionally based on OS family. Using loops to install multiple packages. 🌍 1. Conditional Installation (RedHat vs Ubuntu) Different Linux distributions...
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Sep 24, 2025 · 2 min read · Today’s focus was on three critical sysadmin tasks automated with Ansible: downloading files, managing processes, and configuring firewalls. 📥 1. Downloading Files with get_url I automated downloading Python 3.12.2 tarball into /tmp/script/ with pr...
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Sep 23, 2025 · 2 min read · Today was all about system administration with Ansible—covering cron jobs, user management, and secure password setup. ⏰ 1. Modifying Cron Jobs I used the cron module to remove an existing cron job for user shakir: - name: Modify Cron hosts: all ...
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Sep 22, 2025 · 2 min read · Today, I explored Ansible modules that make automation even more powerful:✅ Managing file permissions✅ Running scripts remotely✅ Setting up cron jobs🔑 1. Changing File Permissions with Ansible Using the file module, I updated permissions for a speci...
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Sep 21, 2025 · 2 min read · Today, I went deeper into Ansible playbooks and explored:✅ Tags for selective execution✅ Copy module for managing files on remote hosts✅ File module for creating/deleting files and directories 🔖 Using Tags in Ansible Tags help you run only specific...
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Dec 25, 2024 · 5 min read · Automating AWS EC2 Instance Creation with Ansible Loops Introduction Automation is the backbone of modern DevOps practices. In this blog, I’ll guide you through a real-world project where I automated the creation of AWS EC2 instances using Ansible. ...
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Aug 12, 2024 · 6 min read · The Ansible project workflow involves setting up three EC2 instances of type t2.medium, establishing SSH connectivity with keys, and installing Ansible on the master VM. An Ansible playbook is then created to automate the installation of JDK 17, Java...
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Feb 21, 2024 · 4 min read · Welcome back to the 59th day of our DevOps journey! Today, we're diving into Ansible, a powerful automation tool that simplifies the management of infrastructure, configuration, and deployments. In this session, we'll set up Ansible, configure EC2 in...
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