Automation is a big part of a sysadmin's job—any time you can avoid manual intervention, you can save time and decrease the risk of human error. Ansible is one of the most popular tools for automation, so if you want to learn new ideas and best practices around automating IT with open source technology, AnsibleFest is an excellent place to start.
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How to automate Linux patching with Ansible
Use automation to reduce the time IT teams spend deploying patches and apply updates consistently across systems.
Topics:
Ansible
Patch management
What are the differences between absolute and relative paths?
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Learn how absolute and relative paths compare and when to use each one.
Topics:
Linux
Linux administration
How to customize Grafana dashboards using Ansible
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Learn how to use a custom JSON data source, Mockoon, FastApi, and Prometheus to customize your Grafana dashboard.
Monitor remote systems with Ansible and Jinja2 templates
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Use automation and templates to gather and save information about your Linux virtual machines.
How to install EPEL on RHEL and CentOS Stream
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Get a wider range of software choices than what's in the official Linux repositories by installing Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL).
Find text in files using the Linux grep command
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Using grep, you can quickly find text matching a regular expression in a single file, a group of files, or text coming from stdin.
Topics:
Linux
Certification
19 AnsibleFest 2022 presentations for sysadmins
AnsibleFest is back as an in-person event. Check out some of the event's top presentations to help sysadmins automate better.
vwalker
Mon, 8/30/2021 at 5:41pm
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Explore OpenShift APIs from the command line
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Get key details about routes, buildconfigs, deploymentconfigs, and other OpenShift-specific APIs.
Topics:
OpenShift
Kubernetes
How to configure your CA trust list in Linux
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Add and delete certificate authorities (CAs) from your default trust list to grant networking permissions on a case-by-case basis.
Topics:
Security
Networking
Deploy an ARM64 Fedora VM on your PC: 3 steps
Set up a virtual machine to test your applications, binaries, and container images on different architectures.
Topics:
Linux
Virtualization