Re: Thoughts on Ansible? [was: Thoughts on Anible?]
On 08/19/2017 11:16 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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Thank you. I'm sorry about the typo. I'll reply in this fixed thread.
On 08/19/2017 11:12 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 07:01:03PM -0400, RavenLX wrote:
>> Please forgive my goofy questions. I am not really that well versed
in CM
>> (Configuration Management) and this post is really going to show it.
>>
>> Because this will more than likely be tltr (too long to read), I'll
try to
>> make it as fun as possible. Forgive if my humor is a bit strange.
>>
>> I noticed "Anible" isn't in the debian repos. Seems to be a Red Hat
>> scripting engine for creating automated installs.
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> Just a fact correction.
>
> I think you are mistyping. Ansible is in the repo of Debian:
Thank you. I think that's why I couldn't find it - I mispelled it. :)
[snipped apt show info]
...
> I think use of ansible or any similar tool is not prerequisite of
> "development". It's a configuration management system. It's a nice
> and interesting tool I am thinking to learn but I don't use it yet.
The biggest thing with me is my memory. In that if it takes too much to
do a task (ie. Ansible taking several lines to make a directory vs.
Python taking one line), then I tend to forget how things are done and
it gets confusing.
> You need C, Shell, Perl, Python, git, ... skills first for
> development.
Great suggestions! Thank you. I do have some C programming skills but
not that great. I can get around the CLI pretty well, I'm proficient
with Perl, am learning Pythong. I had used git but I don't really have
much to share (right now) and so I don't have an account anymore there.
Most of my stuff is for my work, which doesn't really share stuff
(though I could share my code if I wish). I'm not thinking of going into
a side-hobby of programming. At work I manage a web server, and pretty
much am more comfy with Perl and Bash and now Python. But I also want to
be sure to keep up with the times, so to speak. So I wondered if other
admins recommended Ansible as a "must have skill" or just optional.
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