In my many years of development and linux server management experience I've never actually used ansible... the one interaction I did have with it was managing OpenShift clusters and it was a pain. That's probably more of OpenShift's fault though rather than Ansible.
As for setting up servers, I just use NixOS. No real need for Ansible when I can just chuck a NixOS config at it and have everything setup. It might come in handy for running a command across everything but I haven't bothered with it up to this point. On Fri, Jul 26, 2024, at 1:46 PM, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Okay -- check this out ... > > https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/automation/learning-ansible-tutorial > > You can install the free version of Ansible on all Linux Platforms. > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/installation_distros.html > > Their install guide will also help you get the basics sorted out. > > At work, we manage thousands of servers with Ansible -- At home, my entire > homelab configuration is handled by Ansible. I can spin up a new RedHat VM > and have it ready for "production" in about 5 minutes -- its amazing. > > -- > Thanks, > Alex. > > > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 4:51 AM Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yes, please! >> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:20 AM Snyder, Alexander J >> <alexan...@snyderfamily.co> wrote: >>> This isn't idiocy, this is the infancy of automation! What if you could get >>> Ann entirely new PC and then you could run "a thing" on it to completely >>> provision and configure all your settings and files just how you want it?!? >>> >>> This thing already exists, it's free, and easy to learn. >>> >>> Welcome to the wonderful and exciting world of ANSIBLE! >>> >>> It's called "Configuration Management", and in the world of ANSIBLE, you >>> write playbooks and those playbook execute tasks. >>> >>> If you're interested to know more, let me know. Aside from being a big fan >>> of Ansible, it's also literally my day job. >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> Alexander >>> >>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 07:34 Michael via PLUG-discuss >>> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>>> what I mean by easier is if I have to reinstall the OS/get a new computer >>>> it is easier to write it into a text file, save it in gmail as a draft, >>>> and then open up that draft if I need it. I have a LOT of drafts like >>>> this. Commands, paragraphs that I have to repeat, stuff like that. You >>>> might think I'm an idiot but let my idiocy inspire you! >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:26 AM Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> as for doing this graphically I think it is easier to copy-n-paste into a >>>>> terminal: >>>>> sudo apt-mark hold package1 package2 package3 >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Look at what I just discovered: The apt-mark hold <package> command is >>>>>> used to prevent a specific package from being upgraded on Debian-based >>>>>> systems. >>>>>> I hated waiting for firefox to update! (I don't use ff) Could we start a >>>>>> list of other big packages that don't need to be updated? >>>>>> -- >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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