Ansible Playbook: Patching ESXi Host

Ansible is a powerful automation tool that allows you to execute multiple tasks within one playbook. With Ansible, you can automate a wide range of tasks, from configuration management to application deployment, and more. Its ease of use and flexibility make it a popular choice for automating IT infrastructure. As you continue to learn Ansible,... Continue Reading →

Ansible Playbook: ESXi Maintenance Mode and Reboot

In Ansible, you can run multiple tasks by grouping them under a single play. A play is a collection of tasks that target a specific set of hosts and are executed in order. In this article I would like to share couple of my Ansible Playbooks for ESXi Maintenance and Reboot. All Ansible Playbooks used... Continue Reading →

What is Ansible Inventory and How to Add ESXi

Ansible Inventory is a hosts file which contains every server that is managed by Ansible. Inventory file is located in /etc/ansible/hosts on your Ansible VM. Once you add server in hosts file, you need also to establish an SSH connection using SSH key. In this article I will show you how to add servers to... Continue Reading →

How to Deploy Ansible to Manage VMware Infrastructure

Managing a virtual infrastructure can be a challenging task, especially when you have a large number of virtual machines or ESXi hosts to manage. In order to manage these virtual machines, you need a tool that can automate the process and provide you with a single interface to manage all of your virtual machines. This... Continue Reading →

How to Manage and Run Ansible Playbooks Remotely

Visual Studio Code has a feature that allows you to create, modify and run Ansible Playbooks directly on the Ansible Node Linux VM. No need to copy YAML files to run from a VM. In this article, I will show you step by step how to configure Visual Studio Code to run it on a... Continue Reading →

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