{"product_id":"9781782175001","title":"Extending Ansible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover how to efficiently deploy and customize Ansible in the way your platform demands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet the first book on the market that maximizes the functionalities of Ansible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster the skill of extending Ansible by deep diving into its modules and plugins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork through this step-by-step guide to customizing Ansible according to your requirements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is perfect for developers and administrators who are familiar with Ansible and Python programming, but have no knowledge of how to customize Ansible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet a thorough understanding of Ansible modules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind out everything about plugins that fit in the Ansible architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to grips with designing modules and handling errors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork with data structures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistribute Ansible extensions using PyPi and Git submodules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to know the various distribution methods of modules and plugins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnsible is an IT automation tool that lets you manage your Infrastructure as a Code. It helps you deploy your applications and manage configurations, thus making life easier. Ansible, in most ways, is self sufficient to address most of your requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeally, standard modules, libraries, or plugins are used to automate a given IT platform. Customizing Ansible can be done by custom module and plugin development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows you how to automate most of the tasks in your IT environment, thus minimizing the need to manually perform scheduled tasks and extend your Ansible implementation by developing customized modules and plugins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll begin by getting an understanding of the fundamental aspects of extending the Ansible framework, such as custom functions and reusable modules. You'll then progress to building custom plugins and extensions using the fundamental building blocks explained earlier. We'll also show you how to automate some tasks using scripts. Finally, we'll demonstrate how these extensions can be seamlessly integrated into existing Ansible installations and explain how to conduct unit testing on these extensions to ensure they work as desired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle and approach \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a learning book on the fundamentals of Ansible framework and how it can be leveraged to extend it using the modules and plugins. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038914658544,"sku":"9781782175001","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782175001_p0.jpg?v=1763718182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782175001","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}