The Systems Manager Hodgepodge

Introduction to Systems Manager AWS Systems Manager addresses a lot of SysOps requirements for configuration management, including server automation. In this domain, there is another AWS service called OpsWorks. However, with OpsWorks Stack, OpsWorks Chef and OpsWorks Puppet all coming EOL in 2024, the entire OpsWorks service is mostly deprecated. By partnering with leaders such … Read moreThe Systems Manager Hodgepodge

AWS CDK example in Typescript – provision an AWX server

This post provides an example of using AWS CDK in Typescript. Ansible Tower and AWX We have used open-source Ansible extensively in the past. While the automation is convenient, the lack of UI makes it not as suitable as a team collaboration tool. One way to allow team collaboration with open-source Ansible, is to use … Read moreAWS CDK example in Typescript – provision an AWX server

Ansible at scale 1 of 2

The Ansible In Depth white paper outlines Ansible’s use cases in four categories: Configuration management Application deployment Orchestration: for coordinating a multi-machine process such as interacting with load balancer and rolling cluster upgrade As-needed task execution: ad-hoc tasks on large number of hosts At work, my original automation scheme involves several Ansible Playbooks that started … Read moreAnsible at scale 1 of 2