Ansible & Friends

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What is Ansible?

Ansible is a systems automation and configuration management tool. It is currently the simplest, easiest to learn, and fastest to use for these tasks.

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Newsletter

2017

• Issue 68 - October 11, 2017
• Issue 67 - September 14, 2017
• Issue 66 - August 8, 2017
• Issue 65 - July 21, 2017
• Issue 64 - July 7, 2017

2015

• Issue 63 - September 1, 2015
• Issue 62 - June 29, 2015
• Issue 61 - June 12, 2015
• Issue 60 - May 28, 2015
• Issue 59 - May 12, 2015
• Issue 58 - April 16, 2015
• Issue 57 - April 2, 2015
• Issue 56 - March 19, 2015
• Issue 55 - March 5, 2015
• Issue 54 - Februrary 23, 2015
• Issue 53 - February 9, 2015

2014

• Issue 52 - October 2, 2014
• Issue 51 - September 25, 2014
• Issue 50 - September 18, 2014
• Issue 49 - September 11, 2014
• Issue 48 - September 4, 2014
• Issue 47 - August 28, 2014
• Issue 46 - August 21, 2014
• Issue 45 - August 14, 2014
• Issue 44 - August 7, 2014
• Issue 43 - July 31, 2014
• Issue 42 - July 24, 2014
• Issue 41 - July 17, 2014
• Issue 40 - July 10, 2014
• Issue 39 - July 3, 2014
• Issue 38 - June 26, 2014
• Issue 37 - June 19, 2014
• Issue 36 - June 12, 2014
• Issue 35 - June 5, 2014
• Issue 34 - May 29, 2014
• Issue 33 - May 22, 2014
• Issue 32 - May 15, 2014
• Issue 31 - May 7, 2014
• Issue 30 - May 1, 2014
• Issue 29 - April 24, 2014
• Issue 28 - April 17, 2014
• Issue 27 - April 10, 2014
• Issue 26 - April 3, 2014
• Issue 25 - March 27, 2014
• Issue 24 - March 20, 2014
• Issue 23 - March 13, 2014
• Issue 22 - March 5, 2014
• Issue 21 - Feb 27, 2014
• Issue 20 - Feb 20, 2014
• Issue 19 - Feb 13, 2014
• Issue 18 - Feb 6, 2014
• Issue 17 - Jan 30, 2014
• Issue 16 - Jan 23, 2014
• Issue 15 - Jan 16, 2014
• Issue 14 - Jan 9, 2014

2013

• Issue 13 - Dec 19, 2013
• Issue 12 - Dec 12, 2013
• Issue 11 - Dec 5, 2013
• Issue 10 - Nov 28, 2013
• Issue 9 - Nov 21, 2013
• Issue 8 - Nov 14, 2013
• Issue 7 - Nov 7, 2013
• Issue 6 - Oct 31, 2013
• Issue 5 - Oct 25, 2013
• Issue 4 - Oct 17, 2013
• Issue 3 - Oct 10, 2013
• Issue 2 - Oct 3, 2013
• Issue 1 - Sept 26, 2013

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FAQ

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Q: Wait, didn't this used to be "Ansible Weekly" and "Briefs on Ansible"?

A: You are correct!

Previously, the logos for the newsletter were:

And then:

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Q: What's with the cow?

A: Ansible has a well known love for the cowsay utility. Cowsay also has a borg" mode for the cow, so this joke is inevitable ;-)

Here's the borg cow from the command-line:

> cowsay -b "You will be assiMOOOlated"
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< You will be assiMOOOlated >
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       \   ^__^
        \  (==)\_______
           (__)\       )\/\
               ||----w |
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