[TriLUG] Automation from an Existing Server/VM

[Sean Korb via TriLUG]

I've converted some ansible playbooks to use localhost and while it's
straightforward it's time consuming. It's worthwhile if you have a massive
deployment that you intend to destroy when the workload has completed per
your HPC scheduler and you don't need a tower idler... But you're shifting
management to git and post install scripts so it's not really a triumph.

sean

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024, 18:20 Alan Sterger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Hi Listers,
>
> Looking into Linux Automation with Ansible, Chef, Puppet or ... Want to
> extract a playbook from an existing server/VM to build another with
> minimal edits.
>
> Operation on RHEL or OEL a must; Debian or Ubuntu a plus.
>
> Most docs I've reviewed want to start creating the playbook from scratch
> instead of using an already built server/VM as a template.
>
> Any help in creating a playbook from an existing server/VM will be much
> appreciated.
>
> -- Alan
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