Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties. In video #9, we split our inventory file into groups, and look at how to run tasks on nodes based on their group.
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Getting started with Ansible 07 – The ‘when’ Conditional
Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties. In video #7, we take a look at differentiating our playbook.
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Getting Started with Ansible 06 – Writing our first Playbook
Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties. In video #6, we get started on writing playbooks, which is how we’ll use Ansible from here on out.
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Getting Started with Ansible 03 – Setting up the Git Repo
Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties. In part 3, we take a look at another foundational concept – Git. Everyone who effectively implements automation uses Git, and in this video, we look into creating a repository and how to push changes.
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Getting Started with Ansible 02 – SSH overview & Setup
Ansible is an incredible configuration management and provisioning utility that enables you to automate all the things. In this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use Ansible for your day-to-day administration duties. In the second episode, we take a look at some foundational knowledge, specifically OpenSSH which is required for Ansible to work.
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Vim Text Editor for Beginners Part 2 – Combining Files
In my newly refreshed Vim series, you’ll learn all the things you’ll need to know in order to use this text editor in your daily workflow. In the second video, you’ll learn how to import a file directly into your current buffer.
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Vim Text Editor for Beginners Part 1 – Introduction
In my newly refreshed Vim series, you’ll learn all the things you’ll need to know in order to use this text editor in your daily workflow. In this first video, we’ll get Vim installed take an initial look.
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Linux Commands for Beginners 24 – Transferring Files with rsync
In my Linux Commands for Beginners series, we’ll explore everything you need to know in order to be productive on the Linux Command Line. You’ll learn basic commands, input/output redirection, package management, resource monitoring, troubleshooting, and more. In our last video, we’ll explore rsync, which is an extremely versatile utility for transferring files from place to place or system to system.
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Linux Commands for Beginners 23 – Transferring Files with scp
In my Linux Commands for Beginners series, we’ll explore everything you need to know in order to be productive on the Linux Command Line. You’ll learn basic commands, input/output redirection, package management, resource monitoring, troubleshooting, and more. In video 23, we explore transferring files from one system to another via scp.
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Linux Commands for Beginners 22 – Remote Management with OpenSSH
The Linux Commands for Beginners series shows you all the commands you’ll need to know to boost your CLI skillset. In this particular video, I show off the benefits of remote management with OpenSSH, a very popular method of remote connection for issuing commands from a remote terninal.