I'm starting to feel like I don't want to use #Ansible anymore. I have a simple data structure:
```
vars:
foo:
exporters:
exp1: ...
exp2: ...
bar:
exporters:
exp1: ...
exp3: ...
```
Now I need this one instead:
```
exp1: [ foo, bar, ]
exp2: [ foo, ]
exp3: [ bar, ]
```
Doing that conversion feels so contrived (I haven't even finished writing it) that I want to give up and find alternatives. Ansible is simple, but just like Lua, sometimes it feels like ASM.
The latest edition of the #ansible Bullhorn is out with important updates for all playbook/roles and collections for ansible-core changes! https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-184/42367
Ce soir, au @plugfr à #Marseille, @gcolpart et moi parlerons des méthodes et techniques qu’on utilise chez @evolix pour mettre à jours nos serveurs #Debian : https://plugfr.org/reunions/2-mai-2025/ #sysadmin #linux #ansible #shell
Does anyone know how to influence the ControlPersist parameter used by #ansible? I have several hosts which are behind a proxy, but since the proxy/port is the same (just the user is different) the ControlPersist causes things to go to the wrong host.
How I Manage my System and Dotfiles (with Ansible)
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If I want to remember how I set up a server, and do it again at short notice, I guess I could either write an #ansible playbook, or describe the steps in a #blog post. Given how rarely I set these things up, a blog post probaly makes more sense; then I can annotate more 'why' I did something.
Plus Ansible playbooks don't support snarky remarks as well.
The latest edition of the #ansible Bullhorn is out, with reminders to test against ansible-core devel or 2.19 beta to prepare your playbooks and collections for major changes!
https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-183/42032
Hi all. I'm hating to be writing this post, but here we are.
A little while ago, I was laid off from my SRE job at a government contractor.
If anyone is looking for an SRE with:
- #Linux experience (a lot)
- #BSD experience (some)
- Plan 9 and Haiku experience (a little)
- Experience with a large #Ansible codebase
- Experience managing thousands of servers
- Experience with bare metal and VM management
and who isn't afraid of code - I'm your person!
I try to live my life by moving slow and fixing things - I'd be especially interested in roles around labor organization, #climate action or with a socially conscious #coop if anyone from those communities is looking.
Boosts welcome!
Hunting down easter eggs & putting them all in a single basket? Hopefully you're not doing the same with your VMs - the new ProxLB v1.1.1 is out, now!
#ProxLB is a loadbalancer for #Proxmox clusters that balances guests across your nodes based on cpu, memory or (local) disk size. It also comes with additional features like:
* Affinity / anti-affinity rules
* Maintenance mode
* Node evacuation (based on best resource usage)
* Best node evaluation for CI/CD (e.g. #Ansible or #Terraform)
Sometimes it feels like Ansible is a lot more friendly with home lab and self hosting than Terraform. A lot of things I want to do with Terraform do not have official providers, while Ansible does have a lot of official modules.
I'm not looking for a solution, just making an observation.
EDIT: To be fair, I have been asked for examples, so here is at least one (I could list a few more, but no need).
https://bitwarden.com/help/ansible-integration/
https://registry.terraform.io/search/providers?q=bitwarden
The #s390x open source software team at IBM confirms the latest versions of various software packages run well on #Linux on #IBMZ & #LinuxONE
In March 2025 validation was maintained for over 30 projects, including #Ansible, #Apache Tomcat, & #Erlang 
Plus, community CI was added for segyio, and Rust's linux_syscall project now publishes s390x releases on crates.io
Full report + how your project can apply for a s390x VM: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/18/linuxone-open-source-report-march-2025
I'm currently also working on the #powerdns (authoritative) podman plugin impelementation and blocky (#DNS caching) because every good home network needs those things.
I also wrote a pretty opinionated CA #Ansible role that automatically creates and deploys server certificates to all my hosts.
I mean when I automate psql I will have to support TLS out of the box as well, right?
Isn't anybody into those things? I love to have another maintainer for my MMN collection.
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Automating UFW Configuration with Ansible: Locking Down the Digital Fortress #Ansible #UFW #Firewall #Automation #Cybersecurity #ServerSecurity #DeadSwitch #OperationalSecurity #AnsiblePlaybook #NetworkSecurity #AutomationTools #AnsibleRoles #SystemAdministration #SecureServer #Encryption #AnsibleVault #PrivacyTools #SecurityAutomation
