Tag: automation

Ansible configures servers; Terraform provisions infrastructure, learn when to use each, how they overlap, and why you probably need both.

Automate a full WordPress stack deployment, Docker, nginx, and MySQL, using Ansible playbooks instead of clicking through wizards.

Ansible, Puppet, Salt, and Chef all do configuration management, but they're very different. Pick the right one before you commit.

Speed up Ansible playbooks with pipelining, forks, fact caching, and async tasks, stop watching the spinning wheel on every play.

Automate Docker container deployment with shell scripts, cron, and Ansible, stop SSHing in and restarting things by hand.

Remove spaces and special characters from filenames using bash loops, rename, find, and parameter expansion tricks.

Master bash for loops, while loops, and seq for sequential counting, iterate over files, ranges, and arrays without losing your mind.