stackconf 2024 | Make You Ops-Life Easy – ansible usecases you didn´t out of track by Christian Lorenz & Philip Drießlein.pdf

Most of you are familiar with Ansible. We are excited to show you some use cases within the “normal Ansible scope”. Using Ansible-AWX as a platform, we have streamlined tasks for admins and for developers, enabling effortless automation of routine operations. With services designed to simplify the daily work, we can all be a bit more lazy (#faul) 😉

1. Make Your Ops-Life
Easy –With Ansible
Automation
Christian Lorenz, Philip Drießlein
DATEV eG
06/18/2024

2. Who are we?
Christian
•Headof „Team Automation“@DATEV
•Team Automation = Process
Automation + Task Automation
•Lazy
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Philip
•System Engineer Automation
@DATEV
•Not yet that lazy

3. DATEV eG
Shaping the future. Together.
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An IT community
for tax advisors,
auditors,
lawyers
and their clients
One of Europe‘s
largest IT service
providers*
With
a sustainable track
record
* Source: ICD-Ranking 2023
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4. 06/18/2024 4
Growing continuously since its foundation in 1966
v
660,000Clients
Year after year, we win
more and more clients over
v
€1.44 billion Turnover
We have recorded continuous
growth since our foundation
v
8,960Employees
We are attractive to tomorrow's talents
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5. Ansible and AAP
Ansible
•Automation tool that includes configuration
management and software deployment
•Design goals:
•Minimal in nature
•Consistent
•Secure
•Reliable
•Minimal learning required
Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) / AWX
•GUI and REST API
•Role-based authorization
•Schedules, dashboards, and much more
•With AAP only:
•Private Automation Hub (PAH)
•Support (SLA)
•@DATEV: ~ 500 users & 3,000 automations
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6. Ansible SelfService Portal
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Quelle: Internetfund
•GUI for non-technical users to start an
automation
•Publishing a SelfService for service providers
•Converts a generic playbook to a single use
case automation

7. Ansible Ops
Scenario: Increasing demand for new systems
•Same operations for every system
•Managing users & sudo
•Deploying files & software
•Setting file permissions
•Distributing SSH keys
•…
•Repetitive tasks
•Lazy system admins
Solution: Automate IT operations with Ansible
→Ansible Ops ☺
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8. Auto Health
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•Software Bugs are annoying, for customer and
operator
•It is usually easy to get the system up and
running again
•With an automation, you can sleep well

9. Auto Health
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10. Auto Docs
Scenario: Customer demand for installed software
Solution:Ansible playbook
•Get installed software with ansible-navigator
•Create HTML template with Jinja2
•Publish the content via Confluence API
•Run the automation every night via AAP schedule
Result:Daily updated documentation
More important: Happy customer☺
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11. Schäufele Automation
Scenario: Lazy co-workers who prefer working from home
Solution:Lure them with Schäufele☺
•Read DATEV menu via API endpoint
•Send a mail when Schäufele is on the menu
•Run the automation every week
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Fränkisches Schäufele | krosse Schwarte & lecker Soße (die-frau-am-grill.de)

12. Summary
•Be lazy
•Save time
•Ansible’s wide range
•Use the full range of existing tools
•Put yourself in the user’s shoes
•Schäufele attracts people to the office
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13. Questions?
Christian
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/auto-chris
Philip
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/phildri
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