#5: Ansible: config management & deploying code with James Cammarata from Red Hat

Syscast Podcast by Mattias Geniar

In this episode I talk to James Cammarata, head of Ansible core engineering to discuss the Ansible project.

We discuss how it’s used as a config management tool in both a push/pull scenario, how Ansible can be used as a deployment tool and an orchestrator. We touch on the terminology, Red Hat’s acquisition, ideal use cases, how to get started with Ansible, Ansible vs. Puppet and so much more.

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Shownotes

• You can find James as @thejimic on Twitter
• Ansible mailing lists: ansible-project (general) and ansible-devel (for, you know, devs)
• Ansible IRC channels
• Official Ansible website: Ansible.com
• Red Hat acquires Ansible: press release
• Ansible Playbooks
• YAML syntax
• Getting started with Ansible: 30 minute introduction video
• Development Modules in Ansible
• How to deploy an application with Ansible
• Ansible 2.0 release
• The Cobbler project
• cron.weekly newsletter

Feedback? Let me know via [e-mail] or at @mattiasgeniar on Twitter.

A special thanks for Serge van Ginderachter (@svg on Twitter) for helping prepare this show.