awesome-ansible/README.md

# Awesome Ansible

[<img src="ansible_logo.svg" align="right" width="90">](https://www.ansible.com/)

> A collaborative curated list of awesome Ansible resources, tools, Roles, tutorials and other related stuff.

Ansible is an open source toolkit, written in Python, it is used for  Configuration Management, Application Deployment, Continuous Delivery, IT infrastructure automation and automation in general.

## Contents

- [Official resources](#official-resources)
- [Tutorials](#tutorials)
- [Books](#books)
- [Videos](#videos)
- [Tools](#tools)
- [Blogposts and opinions](#blogposts-and-opinions)
- [Cheat sheets](#cheat-sheets)
- [Playbooks and Roles](#playbooks-and-roles)
- [Uncategorized](#uncategorized)

## Official resources

> Official Resources by and for Ansible.

- [Ansible Site](https://www.ansible.com/) - Ansible Company Site
- [Latest Ansible Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro.html) - Official latest Documentation for Ansible
- [Ansible Galaxy Website](https://galaxy.ansible.com/) - Official Repository and community site for Ansible Roles.
- [Ansible Blog](https://www.ansible.com/blog) - Official Ansible Blog

## Tutorials

> Tutorials and Courses to learn Ansible.

- [Ansible Tutorials on DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tags/ansible?type=tutorials) - Some basic tutorials on DigitalOcean.com
- [Ansible Tutorial by leucos](https://github.com/leucos/ansible-tuto) - 12 Step Tutorial for Ansible
- [Programming Community Curated Resources for learning Ansible](https://hackr.io/tutorials/learn-ansible) - A list of recommended resources.

## Books

> Books about Ansible.

- [Ansible for DevOps](https://www.ansiblefordevops.com/) - Great Ansible Book, Free sample can be read [here](https://leanpub.com/ansible-for-devops/read_sample)

## Videos

[Ansible YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeImQ-jeVhzgLJd9wsqo8Sg/videos) - Official Ansible YouTube channel
[Introduction to Ansible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVWmbStE1MM) - Introduction to Ansible

## Tools

> Tools for and using Ansible.

- [Ansible Tower](https://www.ansible.com/tower) - Ansible Tower by Red Hat helps you scale IT automation, manage complex deployments and speed productivity. Extend the power of Ansible to your entire team.
- [AWX](https://github.com/ansible/awx) - AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is the upstream project for Tower, a commercial derivative of AWX.
- [semaphore](https://github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore) - Open Source alternative to Ansible Tower.
- [Ansible Lint](https://github.com/willthames/ansible-lint) - Checks Playbooks for best practices and behavior that could potentially be improved.
- [Ansible cmdb](https://github.com/fboender/ansible-cmdb) - Takes the output of Ansible's fact gathering and converts it into a static HTML page.
- [ARA, Ansible Run Analysis](https://github.com/openstack/ara) - ARA records Ansible Playbook runs and makes the recorded data available and intuitive for users and systems.
- [Molecule](https://github.com/metacloud/molecule) - Molecule aids in the development and testing of Ansible roles.
- [Packer  Ansible Provisioner](https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/ansible-local.html) - This Provisioner can be used to automate VM Image Creation via Packer with Ansible.
- [Excel Ansible Inventory](https://github.com/KeyboardInterrupt/ansible_xlsx_inventory) - Turn any Excel Spreadsheet into an Ansible Inventory

## Blogposts and opinions

> Best Practices and other Opinions on Ansible.

- [Ansible (Real Life) Good Practices](https://reinteractive.com/posts/167-ansible-real-life-good-practices) - Best practice guidelines.
- [Ansible Best Practices by enginyoyen](https://github.com/enginyoyen/ansible-best-practises) - Some Best Practices for Ansible. 
- [Testing Ansible Roles Against Windows with Test-Kitchen](https://hodgkins.io/testing-ansible-roles-windows-test-kitchen) - Using Test-Kitchen with Ansible to apply playbooks to Windows machines and test them with [Pester](https://github.com/pester/Pester/).
- [Ansible Best Practices by AndiDog](https://andidog.de/blog/2017-04-24-ansible-best-practices) - Practices covering many aspects of an Ansible setup, including hints to support different environments (testing, staging, production).

## Cheat sheets

> Structured Documents for fast and easy reference.

- [Wall Skills - Ansible Cheat Sheet ](http://wall-skills.com/2014/ansible-cheat-sheet/)


## Playbooks and Roles

> Awesome Production ready Playbooks and Roles to get you up and running.

- [Ansible Vagrant Examples by geerlingguy](https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-vagrant-examples) - Ansible examples using Vagrant to deploy to local VMs.
- [System Hardening Framework/Roles](https://galaxy.ansible.com/dev-sec/) - These Roles help you harden your Linux Based OS as well as MySQl, NginX and SSH Server/Services.
- [Openstack Ansible](https://github.com/openstack/openstack-ansible) - Ansible Playbooks for deploying [OpenStack](https://openstack.org).
- [DebOps](https://debops.org/) - A extensive collection of Debian based Ansible Playbooks.

## Uncategorized

> Ansible related Stuff that does not fit one of the other Categories.

- [Ansible at Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible) - Ansible at Wikipedia.org
- [terraform.py](https://github.com/mantl/terraform.py) - Ansible dynamic inventory script for parsing Terraform state files 

## License / Disclaimer

[![Public Domain](https://licensebuttons.net/l/publicdomain/88x31.png)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

This list in itself is released into Public Domain, this does not necessarily apply to the Sites linked to!

Please respect the individual Copyright and Licenses of the Items in this List.
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00			`# Awesome Ansible`

			`[<img src="ansible_logo.svg" align="right" width="90">](https://www.ansible.com/)`

			`> A collaborative curated list of awesome Ansible resources, tools, Roles, tutorials and other related stuff.`

			`Ansible is an open source toolkit, written in Python, it is used for Configuration Management, Application Deployment, Continuous Delivery, IT infrastructure automation and automation in general.`

			`## Contents`

			`- [Official resources](#official-resources)`
			`- [Tutorials](#tutorials)`
			`- [Books](#books)`
			`- [Videos](#videos)`
			`- [Tools](#tools)`
			`- [Blogposts and opinions](#blogposts-and-opinions)`
			`- [Cheat sheets](#cheat-sheets)`
enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00			`- [Playbooks and Roles](#playbooks-and-roles)`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00			`- [Uncategorized](#uncategorized)`

			`## Official resources`

			`> Official Resources by and for Ansible.`

			`- [Ansible Site](https://www.ansible.com/) - Ansible Company Site`
			`- [Latest Ansible Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro.html) - Official latest Documentation for Ansible`
			`- [Ansible Galaxy Website](https://galaxy.ansible.com/) - Official Repository and community site for Ansible Roles.`
			`- [Ansible Blog](https://www.ansible.com/blog) - Official Ansible Blog`

			`## Tutorials`

enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00			`> Tutorials and Courses to learn Ansible.`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
README.md: Fix list formatting 2018-06-19 17:55:22 +00:00			`- [Ansible Tutorials on DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tags/ansible?type=tutorials) - Some basic tutorials on DigitalOcean.com`
			`- [Ansible Tutorial by leucos](https://github.com/leucos/ansible-tuto) - 12 Step Tutorial for Ansible`
			`- [Programming Community Curated Resources for learning Ansible](https://hackr.io/tutorials/learn-ansible) - A list of recommended resources.`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
			`## Books`

enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00			`> Books about Ansible.`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
			`- [Ansible for DevOps](https://www.ansiblefordevops.com/) - Great Ansible Book, Free sample can be read [here](https://leanpub.com/ansible-for-devops/read_sample)`

			`## Videos`

			`[Ansible YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeImQ-jeVhzgLJd9wsqo8Sg/videos) - Official Ansible YouTube channel`
			`[Introduction to Ansible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVWmbStE1MM) - Introduction to Ansible`

			`## Tools`

enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00			`> Tools for and using Ansible.`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
adds semaphore and tower to Tools Section 2017-11-20 16:24:54 +00:00			`- [Ansible Tower](https://www.ansible.com/tower) - Ansible Tower by Red Hat helps you scale IT automation, manage complex deployments and speed productivity. Extend the power of Ansible to your entire team.`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00			`- [AWX](https://github.com/ansible/awx) - AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is the upstream project for Tower, a commercial derivative of AWX.`
adds semaphore and tower to Tools Section 2017-11-20 16:24:54 +00:00			`- [semaphore](https://github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore) - Open Source alternative to Ansible Tower.`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00			`- [Ansible Lint](https://github.com/willthames/ansible-lint) - Checks Playbooks for best practices and behavior that could potentially be improved.`
			`- [Ansible cmdb](https://github.com/fboender/ansible-cmdb) - Takes the output of Ansible's fact gathering and converts it into a static HTML page.`
			`- [ARA, Ansible Run Analysis](https://github.com/openstack/ara) - ARA records Ansible Playbook runs and makes the recorded data available and intuitive for users and systems.`
enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00			`- [Molecule](https://github.com/metacloud/molecule) - Molecule aids in the development and testing of Ansible roles.`
			`- [Packer Ansible Provisioner](https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/ansible-local.html) - This Provisioner can be used to automate VM Image Creation via Packer with Ansible.`
Add Dynamic Inventory xlsx_inventory to Tools Section 2018-10-03 16:21:01 +00:00			`- [Excel Ansible Inventory](https://github.com/KeyboardInterrupt/ansible_xlsx_inventory) - Turn any Excel Spreadsheet into an Ansible Inventory`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
			`## Blogposts and opinions`

enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00			`> Best Practices and other Opinions on Ansible.`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
adds semaphore and tower to Tools Section 2017-11-20 16:24:54 +00:00			`- [Ansible (Real Life) Good Practices](https://reinteractive.com/posts/167-ansible-real-life-good-practices) - Best practice guidelines.`
enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00			`- [Ansible Best Practices by enginyoyen](https://github.com/enginyoyen/ansible-best-practises) - Some Best Practices for Ansible.`
Add Blog: Testing Roles on Windows with Test-Kitchen 2018-01-29 21:42:17 +00:00			`- [Testing Ansible Roles Against Windows with Test-Kitchen](https://hodgkins.io/testing-ansible-roles-windows-test-kitchen) - Using Test-Kitchen with Ansible to apply playbooks to Windows machines and test them with [Pester](https://github.com/pester/Pester/).`
Add best practices article 2018-04-14 07:46:46 +00:00			`- [Ansible Best Practices by AndiDog](https://andidog.de/blog/2017-04-24-ansible-best-practices) - Practices covering many aspects of an Ansible setup, including hints to support different environments (testing, staging, production).`

initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00			`## Cheat sheets`

			`> Structured Documents for fast and easy reference.`

			`- [Wall Skills - Ansible Cheat Sheet ](http://wall-skills.com/2014/ansible-cheat-sheet/)`

enhances awesome-ansible with multiple links 2017-11-20 19:54:56 +00:00

			`## Playbooks and Roles`

			`> Awesome Production ready Playbooks and Roles to get you up and running.`

			`- [Ansible Vagrant Examples by geerlingguy](https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-vagrant-examples) - Ansible examples using Vagrant to deploy to local VMs.`
			`- [System Hardening Framework/Roles](https://galaxy.ansible.com/dev-sec/) - These Roles help you harden your Linux Based OS as well as MySQl, NginX and SSH Server/Services.`
			`- [Openstack Ansible](https://github.com/openstack/openstack-ansible) - Ansible Playbooks for deploying [OpenStack](https://openstack.org).`
			`- [DebOps](https://debops.org/) - A extensive collection of Debian based Ansible Playbooks.`

initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00			`## Uncategorized`

			`> Ansible related Stuff that does not fit one of the other Categories.`

fixes wikipedia link, better description for terraform.py 2017-11-20 11:24:23 +00:00			`- [Ansible at Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible) - Ansible at Wikipedia.org`
			`- [terraform.py](https://github.com/mantl/terraform.py) - Ansible dynamic inventory script for parsing Terraform state files`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
			`## License / Disclaimer`

			`[![Public Domain](https://licensebuttons.net/l/publicdomain/88x31.png)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)`

rephrase license text 2017-11-20 11:14:58 +00:00			`This list in itself is released into Public Domain, this does not necessarily apply to the Sites linked to!`
initial commit 2017-11-20 11:13:03 +00:00
rephrase license text 2017-11-20 11:14:58 +00:00			`Please respect the individual Copyright and Licenses of the Items in this List.`