Ansible Configuration Management

About

This skill provides comprehensive guidance for managing infrastructure as code using Ansible, covering the entire lifecycle from role creation and playbook orchestration to testing and deployment. It equips developers with standardized patterns for idempotency, dynamic inventory management for cloud environments like AWS, and robust secrets handling using ansible-vault or HashiCorp Vault. Whether you're migrating from legacy tools or implementing modern GitOps workflows, this skill ensures safe, repeatable, and scalable configuration deployments through proven implementation patterns and Molecule-based testing strategies.

Key Features

• Automated testing and validation using Molecule and ansible-lint
• Secure secrets management with ansible-vault and HashiCorp Vault integration
• Idempotency best practices for safe, repeatable configuration runs
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• Dynamic inventory management for AWS, Azure, and GCP environments
• Standardized Ansible role structure and playbook orchestration patterns

Use Cases

• Securing infrastructure through automated CIS benchmark hardening and compliance roles
• Implementing GitOps workflows for configuration as code with CI/CD pipeline integration
• Deploying and configuring web servers and application dependencies across hybrid environments