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• Name: AnsibleGuy
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• Created at: 2023-02-18T15:20:50.041Z
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Introduction
I enjoy creating automation templates using the platform Ansible (by Red Hat).
Making my roles OpenSource should help other IT-Admins/-Engineers/-Enthusiasts/Developers getting their projects and infrastructure up-and-running faster.
Feedback is appreciated!
Principles
💭 User interaction
Keeping the user interaction clean and simple

Per example:
If a network admin wants to configure a WireGuard VPN-Infrastructure he/she/... should not need to think about the role - just the abstracted topology!

Each role should use as few 'top-level' variables as possible
Most roles will take ONE nested variable (dictionary)

Commonly redundant config is not accepable.
The role should work its magic ✨ and handle it using inheritance, scoping and/or defaults

🏷 Default = Opt-out
Preferring opt-out on optional features

IT-Infrastructure is a very sensitive domain.
I hate it if some role/script does more than it should.
That can lead to unpredictable results!

The roles allow the user to choose the features they want to opt-in.

📗 Documentation
Good documentation

The best tool is useless if you can not handle it..
Documentation is the tools 'interface' and should be clean.
I can't tell how often I came across a tool with a nice feature-set but could not use it as of the lack of good documentation!

Transparency is key when getting to know a role.
Examples (config => result) are very vital for this.
Not everybody wants to run the role to see what it actually does do.

🔐 Security

My roles WILL NOT ALLOW unsecure configurations!

Per example:
Webservers as Apache2 and Nginx will not allow you to configure a site without using SSL!
Automation makes it very easy to add/generate certificates.

Epilog
Automation can save time and nerves, enables infrastructure-as-code (with all it's benefits) and scales well.
What are you waiting on? Automate! 😄

Have a nice day!

AnsibleGuy

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