IaC yay or nay?
In this blog post we will explore the use of Infrastructure as Code also known as IaC. But before we go into details, let’s make sure we have same understanding of what IaC is. Definition of IaC Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the …
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The dangers of using a random KMS license server
What are KMS licenses? KMS stands for key management services, this is a service which you can run your own client activation tools for windows licenses. The license on the specified machine asks to validate against the KMS service to check …
Advanced Ansible: Collections+
A set of modules together is a called a collection. Like ansible.builtin. I’ve used collections in the past to use the modules it provided but never really created them. In this post I want to take you on my journery to learn more …
Advanced Ansible: Custom modules
This is my first time trying to create a Ansible custom module. I dont have much python knowledge (the very bare minimum), but I want to expand my knowledge of python and Ansible by creating a custom module. What do we need? Installed: …
Containers?!
Containers, we are using them more and more, in professional environments but also in selfhosting and homelabs, but what execly is it? While in the real world we use physical shipping containers to move the products or make creative things …
Always check and verify!
What is a checksum A Checksum is a digital fingerprint of a file or code. Software creators and/or companies are creating these digital fingerprints for safety reasons. One of the most common usecases is checking if a downloaded file is …
Testing Ansible code
What is Ansible Molecule Ansible Molecule is created for development and testing of Ansible roles and collections. Through Molecule it is possible to test against different OS versions or complete new systems. prerequisites to local use …
Ansible secrets
Ansible-vault?! Always wondered how to use ansible with sensitive information like secrets,files,variables or configurations? Thats where ansible-vault comes to play, this is a way to encrypt the data with a password. There are two ways to …
Creating Ansible Roles
Why Roles over Playbooks? Single playbooks are great for tasks but when a project starts getting complexer, it way more managable in a role then a single playbook. Ansible role is a predefined set of playbooks that is build for a specific …
Creating Ansible Playbooks
Why Playbooks over ADHOC commands ADHOC commands are great for short and quick informational actions but when you want to to get more information or configuration from a group. Then is one command at a time a really time consuming action, …