Summary

So far, we have taken a brief ride into what the world of DevOps entails, where it came from, the core principles that make it revolutionary, and its grand rethinking of the processes behind the planning, development, testing, and release of stable software in today's fast-paced world. We also briefly touched on what role Ansible plays in the grand scheme of it all and what makes it so capable of being an important, if not vital, tool in the modern developer's toolkit.

Next, we get into the meat and potatoes of what this book is truly about, which is the software itself. We will learn about it all, from the initial installation of the software on the platform of your choice to ensuring that Ansible is configured properly to talk and interact with various parts of the installed environment so that it can successfully perform its tasks, using the command line of Ansible to navigate the overall setup; and even exploring what core modules are installed as standard, what they do, and where to find more when the need arises.