https://ayyzenn.github.io/tags/ansible/Recent content in Ansible on ayyzennHugo -- 0.163.3en-usSat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ayyzenn.github.io/posts/ansible_adv/Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ayyzenn.github.io/posts/ansible_adv/<h2 id="why-this-post-exists">Why This Post Exists</h2> <p>After writing my <strong>first real Ansible playbook</strong>, I realized something:</p> <blockquote> <p>Installing software manually once is easy. Installing it <strong>correctly, repeatedly, and safely</strong> is not.</p> </blockquote> <p>So I decided to automate something <strong>real</strong> and <strong>useful</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Install <strong>Docker Engine (official way)</strong></li> <li>Prepare an Ubuntu server to become a <strong>Kubernetes node</strong></li> <li>Do everything using <strong>Ansible</strong></li> <li>No SSH-ing into the server again and again</li> </ul> <p>This post documents that journey.</p> <hr> <h2 id="real-setup-same-as-before">Real Setup (Same as Before)</h2> <p>Nothing fancy. Just real machines.</p>https://ayyzenn.github.io/posts/ansible/Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ayyzenn.github.io/posts/ansible/<h2 id="what-is-ansible-in-simple-words">What is Ansible? (In Simple Words)</h2> <p>Think of <strong>Ansible as a remote control for your servers</strong>.</p> <p>Instead of:</p> <ul> <li>SSH into server</li> <li>Run commands manually</li> <li>Forget what you changed</li> <li>Repeat the same steps again and again</li> </ul> <p>You tell Ansible:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Hey, I want this server to look <em>like this</em>.”</p> </blockquote> <p>And Ansible makes it happen — <strong>again and again</strong>, without breaking things.</p> <p>The best part?</p> <ul> <li>No agent needed</li> <li>Just SSH</li> <li>Simple YAML files</li> <li>Very human-readable</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="my-setup-real-world">My Setup (Real World)</h2> <p>This is exactly what I used:</p>