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Learning Ansible 2 - Second Edition
Fabio Alessandro Locati

ISBN: 978-1-78646-423-1

• Set up Ansible 2 and an Ansible 2 project in a future-proof way
• Perform basic operations with Ansible 2 such as creating, copying, moving, changing, and deleting files, and creating and deleting users)
• Deploy complete cloud environments using Ansible 2 on AWS and DigitalOcean
• Explore complex operations with Ansible 2 (Ansible vault, e-mails, and Nagios)
• Develop and test Ansible playbooks
• Write a custom module and test it

Security Automation with Ansible 2
Madhu Akula, Akash Mahajan

ISBN: 978-1-78839-451-2

• Use Ansible playbooks, roles, modules, and templating to build generic, testable playbooks
• Manage Linux and Windows hosts remotely in a repeatable and predictable manner
• See how to perform security patch management, and security hardening with scheduling and automation
• Set up AWS Lambda for a serverless automated defense
• Run continuous security scans against your hosts and automatically fix and harden the gaps
• Extend Ansible to write your custom modules and use them as part of your already existing security automation programs
• Perform automation security audit checks for applications using Ansible
• Manage secrets in Ansible using Ansible Vault