Smart Home: A ‘New Way’ to Reshape Life

Smart Home: A 'New Way' to Reshape Life

Hey, friends! Today, let’s talk about smart homes, which are the “magic tools” reshaping our lives in a “new way.” Smart homes are no longer a novelty, but they are continuously upgrading, becoming more powerful, and quietly changing our lives. Next, let’s explore just how amazing smart homes are and what surprises they will bring … Read more

Using Ansible to Deploy Podman Containers

Using Ansible to Deploy Podman Containers

Click the blue text to follow us 01 Which of the following steps is necessary when deploying Podman containers using Ansible? A. Install the Podman package B. Configure the Podman image repository C. Write the Podman Playbook D. All of the above Answer Click the blank area below to get the answer D Explanation: When … Read more

Master Ansible Automation in One Week: Transition from Manual Configuration to Code-Based Management

Master Ansible Automation in One Week: Transition from Manual Configuration to Code-Based Management

In today’s digital age, operations and maintenance work is like finding an exit in a complex maze; a small mistake can lead to trouble. Under traditional operations and maintenance methods, personnel need to connect to servers one by one via SSH, manually copy and paste commands, or write complex shell scripts to execute operations in … Read more

Ansible Automation Deployment: Core Features and Use Cases

Ansible Automation Deployment: Core Features and Use Cases

Click the blue text to follow us Q1· What are the core architectural features of Ansible? How does it achieve agentless automation deployment? Answer: The core architectural feature of Ansible is its agentless design, which connects to managed nodes via SSH without the need to install any agent software on those nodes. Ansible is developed … Read more

Ansible Built-in Module: Package

Ansible Built-in Module: Package

The package module of ansible.builtin is used to manage software packages on Linux-based systems. It is a generic module that supports multiple package managers (such as apt, yum, dnf, zypper, etc.) and can install, update, and remove packages. Its functionality is similar to the ansible.builtin.dnf built-in module, but it supports more package management tools, making … Read more

Smart Inspection Tool: Ansible Batch Automation for Generating Beautiful HTML System Reports

Smart Inspection Tool: Ansible Batch Automation for Generating Beautiful HTML System Reports

Project Overview📜 <span>ansible-HealthCheck</span> is a server health check tool based on <span>Ansible</span>. It automatically collects key information from servers (including operating system, CPU, memory, disk, network connections, etc.) and generates detailed <span>HTML</span> inspection reports using <span>Jinja2</span> templates. The reports can be sent via email and also previewed directly through a local <span>HTTP</span> server, helping you … Read more

Combining Ansible and Python for Automated Server Management

Combining Ansible and Python for Automated Server Management

Word count: 1358, reading time approximately 7 minutes It was a caffeine-fueled 3 AM, and I was slumped in my office chair staring at the monitoring screen showing 20 suddenly unresponsive Kubernetes nodes. As my fingers mechanically switched between SSH windows, I suddenly realized I had become a human operation script—this scene was reminiscent of … Read more

Ansible + Python = The Pinnacle of Operations Automation: Easily Manage Hundreds of Servers!

Ansible + Python = The Pinnacle of Operations Automation: Easily Manage Hundreds of Servers!

If one day you need to manage hundreds of servers, what will you do? Will you log in, configure, and update software on each one manually? Doesn’t that sound like a nightmare (yes, an upgraded version of a “nightmare”)! Fortunately, the combination of Python and Ansible allows you to easily achieve operations automation, completely bidding … Read more

Ansible Beginner’s Practical Guide: Achieve Server Configuration Automation in 3 Steps and Say Goodbye to Repetitive Manual Operations

Ansible Beginner's Practical Guide: Achieve Server Configuration Automation in 3 Steps and Say Goodbye to Repetitive Manual Operations

Ansible Beginner’s Practical Guide: Achieve Server Configuration Automation in 3 Steps and Say Goodbye to Repetitive Manual Operations Ansible is an extremely useful tool in the DevOps field that helps us easily manage server configuration automation. Imagine having to manually type commands and configure files every time you deploy an application; that would be quite … Read more

Common Ansible Modules for Operations Automation Learning

Common Ansible Modules for Operations Automation Learning

Shell Module: Execute Any Command The shell module allows you to execute shell commands on remote hosts. For example, to view the list of files in the current directory on a remote host, you can use: ansible <host_server> -m shell -a "ls -l" <host_server> is the host or host group you want to operate on, … Read more