ARA Records Ansible<p>More than a year in the making, after countless iterations, including getting support for the load average fact merged in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ansible</span></a> ...</p><p>The revamped host facts display in ara feels almost ready to land. It even looks decent enough on mobile without a lot of effort.</p><p>The UI used to basically pretty print the JSON out of the host facts. It's still a useful fallback for the raw data and now it'll be searchable on top of a dashboard-like view.</p>
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Okay #Ansible admins - who can point me to some in depth examples of dynamic inventory generation (specifically with vmware.vmware if possible)?
I need some inspiration and references for best practices regarding nested groups generated from vcenter tags and I’m struggling to build a mental model, and how to best enumerate through things like rolling-safe & blue-green patching groups etc.
All of the references I’m seeing so far are incredibly surface level thus far - and I need a sanity check. (Thanks!)
Hey #Proxmox community! I would like to hear your thoughts on how you usually update your Proxmox nodes and clusters. How do you handle minor Proxmox and #Debian package upgrades with #APT?
What would you think about a new API endpoint that lets you run unattended upgrades with a simple call like:
I have already been running this approach on several internal clusters since the release of PVE 8 without issues. Now I am interested to hear if you would use unattended upgrades in general or if you are already running them today.
#Linux #OpenSource #PatchManagement #Security #DevOps #Automation #Ansible #PVE #PVE8 #PVE9
What would you think about a new API endpoint that lets you run unattended upgrades with a simple call like:
/nodes/{node_name}/apt/upgrade
At the moment you need to use the node’s HTML5 console to perform upgrades. Other methods exist such as running unattended Debian upgrade scripts, using patch management tools like #Spacewalk or #QualvoSec, or automating the process with #Ansible over SSH. My idea is to have an API based solution that relies on Proxmox authentication and authorization. This would also allow third party tools such as #ProxLB to provide automated patch management and even handle guest rebalancing in a way that is similar to DRS without requiring direct SSH access.I have already been running this approach on several internal clusters since the release of PVE 8 without issues. Now I am interested to hear if you would use unattended upgrades in general or if you are already running them today.
#Linux #OpenSource #PatchManagement #Security #DevOps #Automation #Ansible #PVE #PVE8 #PVE9
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This #Exosphere tool is great - a nice way to check whether it’s worth kicking off a full #ansible update playbook, and having an idea of what packages are about to get updated beforehand.
Thanks @mr_daemon 
How AI can help the #Ansible Community & Development
https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-ai-can-help-the-ansible-community-development/44460
Add CLAUDE.md file for tighter assistance with claude code
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85841
Ansible · How AI can help the Ansible Community & DevelopmentHi folks, AI successes in the Ansible Community What examples have we seen so far in across out ecosystem (GitHub, Forum, Reddit, etc) where someone has use an AI related tool to support their contribution. Where could AI Tooling help For examples, and real world examples of AI helping, such as: Examples of improved testing and some long term bugs found Improving L10N translations Improving the documentation via AI (I care about this) Improving the documentation to allow LLMs to be better t...
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Starting to learn how to use #testcontainers with #python for #pyinfra. It's an itch I had.
Been meaning to build up everything with pyinfra. But I need tests. In #ansible world, I had tests for everything using Molecule. It worked well enough, but was quite complex.
However, with pyinfra, the tests can be isolated integration test containers! 
Now I can go crazy with the amount of tests for every operation done. 
Nueva Entrada en #h4ckseed - #Ansible para Iniciados
Definitivamente, siempre es mejor trabajar más inteligente y no malgastar el tiempo, con tareas repetitivas, que demoran mucho mas, gastas energías, etc; indistintamente el ámbito o la industria, esto se ha vuelto una regla de oro, para no ser consumido por la voracidad de las horas de trabajo actuales, extensas y duras....
#Linux #DevOps #Sysadmin #SSH #Python
https://h4ckseed.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/ansible-para-iniciados/
h4ckseed · Ansible para IniciadosDefinitivamente, siempre es mejor trabajar más inteligente y no malgastar el tiempo, con tareas repetitivas, que demoran mucho mas, gastas energías, etc; indistintamente el ámbito o la industria, e…
Hey @Zugschlus du könntest das doch wissen. Kann man in #sudo über /etc/sudoers.d Defaults überschreiben? Fände ich irgendwie eleganter als mit #Ansible direkt in /etc/sudoers rumzufrickeln.
bin ein bisschen aufgeregt. gleich geht es nach #darmstadt zur #mrmcd *hyped*. Meine Pläne für diese Veranstaltung sind: coole neue Menschis kennenlernen, Vorträge lauschen und mein neues #thinkpad mit #nixos installieren 
#freebsd mit #ansible haben ihre Berechtigung, ja, aber ich wurde in letzter Zeit so viel und oft auf NixOS angesprochen, dass ich es jetzt mal auf einer privaten Kiste installieren will und ausprobieren mag. Habt ihr irgendwelche #tipps oder #tricks für mich, Schwarm?
Hat sich jemand Aliase für #Ansible Playbooks erstellt? Frage mich gerade ob das ne gute Idee ist, oder nur unnötiger Aufwand.
Braze is hiring Zscaler Engineer II
#python #ansible #aws #azure #gcp #terraform
Austin, Texas
Full-time
Braze
Job details https://jobsfordevelopers.com/jobs/zscaler-engineer-ii-at-braze-com-jul-1-2025-881dcc?utm_source=mastodon.world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=posting
#jobalert #jobsearch #hiring
Finally organized my thoughts into a blog post around the state of hypervisors in my home lab, with some new hardware. I also called out a few nice features of XCP-NG and Proxmox that I discovered while I was evaluating both of them.
https://medium.com/@a.j.longchamps/home-lab-hardware-refresh-september-2025-edition-3e50767b63e1
Medium · Home Lab Hardware Refresh — September 2025 EditionTurning my home lab into a place to self-host-all-the-things and learn some new hypervisors while I’m at it.
Malte 
**Senior SysAdmin/Infra Engineer sucht #OpenSource Job!**
16+ Jahre hands-on IT (13 Jahre Bundeswehr NATO Top Secret) + aktuell Aleph Alpha.
**Skills:**
Deep #Linux: #Debian/#Ubuntu bare-metal + enterprise Rechenzentren: Design, Aufbau & Betrieb 
Netzwerk: LANCOM, DNS, routing
#Proxmox deep-dive, VMware + Hybrid Cloud
Military-grade Security, ISO 27001
#Bash/#Python, #Terraform, #Ansible
#Zabbix, Performance-Tuning
**Suche:**
Remote-first (Bayern, Pendeln ok)
Senior/Principal Engineer Position
Von militärischen Command-Centers bis Enterprise-Linux - ich liebe komplexe Systeme!
#debian #ubuntu
#JobSuche #DevOps #SysAdmin #OpenSource #Remote #ITJobs #Linux #CloudNative #Bayern #InfrastructureAsCode #SRE #TechJobs #Germany
A new BSDCan video has been posted:
Automating My FreeBSD Lab: From Setup to Daily Use with Ansible & Salt by Roller Angel
Automating My FreeBSD Lab: From Setup to Daily Use with Ansible & Salt
Abstract
Managing multiple FreeBSD machines can be time-consuming, but automation makes it effortless. In this talk, I will demonstrate how I use Ansible to set up my FreeBSD lab and Salt to maintain and scale it across multiple machines—including how I configured a second FreeBSD laptop with just SSH access.
Attendees will see how automation enables:
Seamless FreeBSD system setup using Ansible.
Automated configuration management with Salt.
Effortless scaling to new machines, reducing manual setup to a few commands.
By the end of the talk, attendees will understand how to leverage Ansible and Salt to build a reproducible and maintainable FreeBSD infrastructure.
Intended Audience
FreeBSD users interested in automating system setup and maintenance.
System administrators managing multiple FreeBSD machines.
Anyone curious about Ansible and Salt for FreeBSD automation.
Attendees should have basic FreeBSD knowledge, but no prior experience with automation tools is required.
For more information, please visit:
https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/
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https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/timetable/timetable-Automating-My-FreeBSD.html
Trying to declaratively set up a media player. #Kodi on #Debian configured/managed with #Ansible.
Holy 
is Kodi showing its age in terms of config-as-code. I just want a nice always-up easy-to-use RESTful API. And way less XML. After mostly dealing with cloud stuff the last few years I’d sort of forgotten what things can be like.