Ansible Tips, Tricks and Tutorials

Ansible is a tool that I use frequently. Here's a few articles that may help you automate your infrastructure with Ansible.

Finding an Ansible Bug on Apt Pinning and Installing Docker Compose v2

I recently came across a bug when trying to pin Docker Compose v2 using Ansible 2.13.3. Here's the steps I took to determine it was a bug.

Maintaining an Open Source Project, from Handling Issues to Releases

A 1 hour live demo that uses various git commands, Travis-CI and GitHub features to fix a bug and push a new release.

Debugging an Idempotency Related User Group Issue with Ansible

Today I had a 1 hour adventure debugging a very subtle issue with Ansible. Here's what went wrong, how to fix it and how I approached it.

What Is DevOps?

Someone recently asked me to define DevOps. This is one of those terms where everyone has a slightly different definition.

How to Move a Site to a Different Domain without Downtime or 404s

Learn how Ansible and nginx helped me move a bunch of content to this domain without breaking anything for the most part.

Automate Installing Docker and Docker Compose with Ansible

I'm sure at some point you'll want to install Docker and Docker Compose on your production server, and Ansible makes it easy.

Docker and Ansible Solve 2 Different Problems and They Can Be Used Together

There is some overlap on what each of these tools can do for you, but at the end of the day it makes a lot of sense to use both together.

Debugging Let's Encrypt Errors, Sometimes It's Not Your Fault

How DNS may cause temporary errors when trying to register an SSL certificate with Let's Encrypt, or anything really.

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