The latest edition of the #ansible Bullhorn is out! With updates on collections and Ansible releases.

https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-198/44329

Netzwerkautomatisierung oder manuelle Änderungen?

#Ansible #Automatisierung #Netzwerkautomatisierung #Netzwerkvalidierung

https://netzpalaver.de/2025/08/19/netzwerkautomatisierung-oder-manuelle-aenderungen/

Der absolute Spitzenreiter an alten Servern ist einer mit 470 ausstehenden Updates, davon 420 kritisch.

Die Uptime liegt bei 825 Tagen.

Binde gerade mit meinem Ansible Playbook viele VMs in das Monitoring und in das Loganalyse-Tool ein und erfahre viel über das Netzwerk.

WTF...

I've just published version 25.7.1 of 'kpfleming.systemd_networkd', my collection of Ansible roles for managing systemd-networkd configuration. New in this release are a half-dozen 'advanced' features in the 'network' role, along with a new 'bridge' role. Most of these changes originated from my recent project to switch to DHCPv6-PD on my home network, and also eliminate the standalone DHCPv4 servers I was using.

If you're an Ansible user and use systemd-networkd on your managed machines, take a look! Here's an example of a moderately-complex configuration:

https://github.com/kpfleming/ansible-systemd-networkd#examples

I've got more complex ones if you're really interested

#Ansible #systemd #networking #systemd-networkd

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#Ansible Users: what would you consider 'best practice' ..

* having a dedicated ansible user with a common password, ssh keys and sudo access across systems, or
* just using your own user and giving yourself a common password across systems?

Managing network interfaces with #ansible seem ... kinda jank? What am I missing?

i want to play with something like woodpecker at some point, but now i have made some progress with the existing setup:

* the nvchecker triggerscript (checks for new releases):
* posts to vikunja now (mail+applescript+omnifocus too fragile)
* checks if the updated app is configured as playbook
* runs the matching playbook
* from post_tasks, a conditional webhook is triggered using ansible_play_hosts/ansible_play_hosts_all:
#ansible

Fame!

Upgraded 13 servers to #Debian 13 #trixie yesterday

Minor problems:

- On two servers, #Linux kernel changed network interface names. Fortunately, local servers, so I could login and fix it.

- Four #nginx instances did not start, because long deprecated "ssl on" is now an error. Again, easy to fix.

What are currently the best #ansible resources to deploy #ceph these days in a fresh env?

There are a lot of outdated or non-collection/role like resources out there, some only have partial "bootstrap" scripts, other say "please install first and the manage via this one".

- cephadm-ansible
- stackhpc/ansible-collection-cephadm
- ceph/ceph.automation

etc.

Just uploaded a new version (0.3.5) of the #Uyuni #Ansible collection. It comes with two new modules for triggering Salt States and Highstates: https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/stdevel/uyuni/?version=0.3.5

Happy converging!

Ich habe meine #scm #ansible collection mit #opengist bereichert.

https://github.com/bodsch/ansible-collection-scm

Avoid shell headaches in Ansible! Use argv in the command module for safer, more predictable automation—no more quoting chaos or shell injection risks. Learn when (and when *not*) to use it, with real-world examples. #Ansible #DevOps #Automation #SysAdmin

https://amedee.be/safer-commands-with-argv-in-ansible-pros-cons-and-real-examples/

It just got merged… You can now easily manage storage in #Proxmox with #Ansible.

Simply add CephFS, NFS, iSCSI or Proxmox Backup Server to your cluster with a simple Ansible task :)

#proxmox #proxmoxve #ansible #opensource #contributing #foss #automation #devops

https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.proxmox/commit/c5d6adafe1f74befb0dc4d61c5a7cf92491272bf

Just reworked my #Debian #ansible desktop playbook and adapted it for #Debian 13 Trixie.
Pretty smooth sailing overall

https://github.com/jhx0/debian-desktop-playbook

Using #Ansible to fix our #Puppet Agents after their agent certificates have expired.

Why not? :)