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Vagrant tips’n’tricks: changing /etc/hosts automatically for Oracle Universal Installer

Oracle Universal Installer, or OUI for short, doesn’t at all like it if the hostname resolves…
Tips’n’tricks: finding the (injected) private key pair used in Vagrant boxes

In an earlier article I described how you could use SSH keys to log into a…
Tips’n’tricks: understanding “too many authentication failures” in SSH

Virtualbox VMs powered by Vagrant require authentication via SSH keys so you don’t have to provide…
Ansible Tips’n’tricks: rebooting Vagrant boxes after a kernel upgrade

Occasionally I have to reboot my Vagrant boxes after kernel updates have been installed as part…
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…