# ansible

If you've spent any serious time with Ansible, you've probably hit the wall where the built-in Jinja2 filters just don't cut it anymore. You're wrestling w...

If you've spent any time managing infrastructure with Ansible, you've probably run into this scenario: you're deploying a configuration change to nginx acr...

If you've ever run a full Ansible playbook just to push a single config change and watched it grind through 47 tasks before touching the one you care about...

Advanced Ansible patterns for production infrastructure — dynamic inventory from AWS/GCP, encrypting secrets with Ansible Vault, integrating with CI/CD pipelines, and structuring large projects with collections.

How to structure Ansible automation properly — from basic playbooks to reusable roles, variables, handlers, templates, and testing with Molecule. Covers idempotency, role hierarchy, and Ansible Galaxy.

Resolve Ansible become/sudo permission denied errors — fix sudoers config, passwordless sudo, and become method settings.

Resolve Ansible unreachable host failures — diagnose SSH connectivity, key auth, Python interpreter, and timeout issues.

Use dynamic inventories to automatically discover and manage cloud infrastructure — AWS EC2, Azure VMs, and GCP instances with Ansible inventory plugins.

Learn Ansible from scratch — install Ansible, write your first playbook, understand modules, manage inventories, and automate server configuration.

Structure your Ansible automation with roles for reusability. Learn role directory structure, Galaxy usage, dependencies, and testing with Molecule.

Encrypt sensitive data with Ansible Vault — encrypt files, inline variables, multi-password setups, and integrate with external secret managers like HashiCorp Vault.