I’ve been tinkering with automation utilities since the beginning of the year, and have gradually plummeted down the slippery slope of YAML configs and trigger-action rules. And I don’t just mean the ...

Many IT teams are moving towards software development standards that improve communication between developers and software users – DevOps tools are usually needed to make these changes. In this ...

Software developers are often called upon to implement the logic required by IaC platforms, such as Terraform and Ansible. But to properly write the YAML, JSON or DSL file that will spin up Docker ...

Ansible is an open-source automation tool developed and released by Michael DeHaan and others in 2012. DeHaan calls it a "general-purpose automation pipeline" (see Resources for a link to the article ...

This how-to shows how to use free Ansible software to automate configuration of Cisco routers and links to other Ansible modules that apply to other vendors' gear and support other functionality ...

Ansible and Jenkins offer features that support a DevOps approach to delivering quality software, but the products are geared toward different use cases. See how the DevOps tools' features compare.