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Ansible For Amazon Web Services AWS By Examples

Automate Your AWS Infrastructure As Code

Luca Berton

Master AWS automation with Ansible! From basics to advanced techniques, streamline your AWS infrastructure effectively.

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"Ansible for Amazon Web Services (AWS) By Examples" is an in-depth guide for automating AWS infrastructure using Ansible. Authored by Luca Berton, an experienced IT professional, this book is a treasure trove of practical insights and step-by-step tutorials. It begins with a thorough introduction to Ansible's basics, including its architecture and key concepts, making it accessible to beginners. The book then delves into advanced topics, demonstrating how Ansible can be used to automate complex AWS tasks.

The content is meticulously organized, covering essential aspects like installation, playbook creation, configuration management, and application deployment. Berton also discusses Ansible's integration with AWS, providing real-world examples that illustrate how to automate tasks like EC2 instance management, network configuration, and more.

Each chapter is designed to build the reader's skills progressively, from understanding Ansible's core principles to applying them in an AWS environment. The book also addresses common challenges and troubleshooting, ensuring readers are well-equipped to handle real-world scenarios.

With its clear explanations, practical examples, and expert tips, "Ansible for Amazon Web Services (AWS) By Examples" is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to streamline their AWS infrastructure management. Whether you're a system administrator, a DevOps engineer, or just someone keen on automating AWS services, this book offers the knowledge and tools needed to transform your AWS management approach using Ansible.

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Luca Berton

Luca Berton is an Ansible Automation Expert who has been working with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and previously worked with the Red Hat Hat Ansible Engineer Team for three years. Published author of the Ansible for VMware by Examples and Ansible for Kubernetes by Examples best-seller of the Ansible By Example(s) practical book series and creator of the Ansible Pilot project. With more than 15 years of experience as a System Administrator, he has strong expertise in Infrastructure Hardening and Automation. Enthusiast of the Open Source supports the community, sharing his knowledge in different events of public access. Geek by nature, Linux by choice, Fedora, of course.

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Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

  1. Modern IT Infrastructure
  2. Whois Luca Berton

Ansible For Beginners With Examples

  1. What is Ansible
  2. Getting Started
  3. Inventory
  4. Playbook
  5. Variables
  6. Facts and Magic Variables
  7. Vault
  8. Conditional
  9. Loop
  10. Handler
  11. Role
  12. Ansible Best Practices

Install Ansible

  1. Ansible terminology - ansible vs ansible-core packages
  2. Installing Ansible in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 with Ansible Engine
  3. Installing Ansible in Ubuntu LTS: Universe and PPA Repositories Guide
  4. Install Ansible in Fedora
  5. Installing Ansible on CentOS 9 Stream
  6. Install Ansible in Windows WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux
  7. Installing Ansible on macOS Using Homebrew
  8. Installing Ansible on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
  9. Installing Ansible with PIP
  10. Installing Ansible Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9
  11. Installing Ansible in Amazon Linux

Ansible For Amazon Web Services AWS

  1. Configure Ansible for AWS - ansible collection amazon.aws
  2. Configure a Python Virtual Environment for Ansible AWS - ansible collection amazon.aws
  3. Search for AWS EC2 AMI ID by Region - Ansible module ec2_ami_info
  4. Ansible troubleshooting - AWS Failed to import the required Python library (botocore or boto3)

Introduction to Ansible and AWS

  1. Installing Ansible
  2. Configuring AWS CLI and IAM Roles
  3. Setting up Ansible Inventory for AWS

Basic Ansible Playbooks for AWS

  1. Your First Ansible Playbook for AWS
  2. Managing AWS Resources with Ansible
  3. Best Practices for Playbooks

AWS Cloud Infrastructure Automation

  1. Automating EC2 Instances
  2. Managing S3 Buckets with Ansible
  3. Automating VPC and Network Configurations

Advanced AWS Services Automation

  1. Automating RDS with Ansible
  2. Managing AWS Lambda Functions
  3. AWS Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing
  4. Infrastructure Management
  5. Infrastructure Teardown
  6. Infrastructure Lightswitch

Securing AWS Resources with Ansible

  1. Implementing Security Groups and Network ACLs
  2. IAM Users and Policies Automation
  3. Encrypting Data with AWS KMS and Ansible

Monitoring and Logging

  1. Integrating CloudWatch with Ansible
  2. Setting up AWS CloudTrail
  3. Log Management and Analysis

DevOps with Ansible and AWS

  1. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipelines
  2. Building Immutable Infrastructure
  3. Integrating with AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild

Working with Ansible Automation Platform and AWS

  1. Introduction to the Ansible Automation Platform
  2. Managing AWS with Ansible Automation Platform
  3. Scaling Ansible Operations in AWS

Case Studies and Real-world Examples

  1. Deploying a Web Application on AWS
  2. Automating Multi-Tier Infrastructure
  3. Disaster Recovery and Backup Solutions

Troubleshooting and Best Practices

  1. Common Issues and Solutions

Future Trends and Beyond

  1. Integrating Emerging AWS Services
  2. Ansible and Cloud-native Technologies
  3. Looking Ahead: The Future of Ansible in AWS

Cheat sheet

  1. Useful Ansible Modules for AWS
  2. Additional Resources
  3. Glossary of Terms

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