Automation

Ansible tips’n’tricks: executing a loop conditionally

When writing playbooks, I occasionally add optional tasks. These tasks are only executed if a corresponding…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: checking if a systemd service is running

I have been working on an Ansible playbook to update Oracle’s Tracefile Analyser (TFA). If you…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: provision multiple machines in parallel with Vagrant and Ansible

Vagrant is a great tool that I’m regularly using for building playground environments on my laptop.…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: testing and debugging Ansible scripts using Vagrant

At last year’s UKOUG I presented about Vagrant and how to use this great piece of…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: understanding your Ansible configuration

When writing automation scripts I tend to use a local Ansible configuration file. This has certain…
Building your own local Oracle Linux 7 Vagrant base box

I have been talking about Vagrant for a long time and use it extensively on my…
Installing Ansible on Oracle Linux 7 for test and development use

There are a few alternative ways of installing Ansible on Linux, and the install guide for…
Terraforming the Oracle Cloud: choosing and using an image family

For a few times now I have presented about “cloud deployments done the cloud way”, sharing…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: executing related tasks together

I have recently written an ansible playbook to apply one-off patches to an Oracle Home. While…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: assessing your runtime environment

One thing that I frequently need to do is test for a certain condition, and fail…