Category Archives: Computers

AWX And Requirements

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Freejack

Overview This article provides information and instructions in the use of the requirements.y[a]ml and requirements.txt file when running playbooks from AWX or Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). Galaxy Collections and Roles When running ansible on the command line interface (CLI), you … Continue reading →

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Ansible Automation Platform Workflows

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Freejack

Overview AWX Workflows let you chain tasks together and act on the outcome. This article provides instructions in how to create an AWX Workflow. Templates An AWX Workflow is a series of playbooks that are created in Templates to run … Continue reading →

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Ansible Web Executable Logging In

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Freejack

Overview This article will describe the methodology used to manage user and team access in Ansible Web Executable (AWX). Terminology Ansible Web Executable (AWX) is the upstream open source software that is used in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). Prior versions … Continue reading →

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Gitlab Troubleshooting

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Freejack

Up here in the mountains, we get an occasional power outage. I have the servers on UPSs but generally only have 5 minutes or so to snag my laptop, log in, and start shutting down VMs before the power fails. … Continue reading →

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Ansible Automation Platform Projects

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Freejack

Overview This article will provide instructions in how to configure Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and how to get your Project working. Links for various fields that I don’t need in my environment is provided at the end of this article. … Continue reading →

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Quick and Dirty Kubernetes

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Freejack

Overview At times you want to quickly throw up a Kubernetes cluster for some quick test or another. While I do have several Kubernetes clusters on my Homelab once in a while you want to do a quick test or … Continue reading →

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Ansible Automation Platform Installation

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview In order to use AWX, aka the upstream product of Ansible Automation Platform, formerly Ansible Tower, we need to have a working cluster. This article provides instructions in how to install and use AWX. Installation Before doing the installation, … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Issues

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview This article lists a couple of issues that occurred while I was building this environment. The issues don’t fit into any of the specific articles mainly because it was likely due to my testing vs anything that occurred during … Continue reading →

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Llamas Band and Green/Blue Deployments

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview The last two jobs indicated they were interested in or already doing green/blue deployments. There are multiple methods of deploying in this manner. Kubernetes has two strategies in the deployment context in order to gradually roll out a new … Continue reading →

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Llamas Band and Continuous Delivery

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview In this article, I’ll be providing details on how to configure ArgoCD for the Llamas Band project including deploying to the other sites. Continuous Delivery With ArgoCD installed and the Llamas container CI pipeline completed, we’ll use this configuration … Continue reading →

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