Author: Avinash Pawar
DevOps Practitioner interested in learning new technologies and interested in sharing the knowledge with others.
Ansible Tower REST API with Python (tower-cli / python)
Introduction
Ansible Tower (license’s product) is a web-based solution by RedHat that makes Ansible even more easy to use for IT teams of all kinds.
Install and Configure Elasticsearch on CentOS 7
Introduction
Elasticsearch is an open source distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine. Its popularity is due to its ease of use, powerful features, and scalability.
Elasticsearch supports RESTful operations.
Install and Configure Nagios 4 on CentOS 7
Introduction
Nagios, now known as Nagios Core, is a free and Open Source monitoring tool, that monitors systems, networks and infrastructure.
With Nagios, you can monitor your remote hosts and their services remotely on a single window.
Ansible Role for Kibana and its installation on CentOS 7
In our previous article, we discussed how to install Kibana on CentOS 7. Having the ability to install Kibana from a single command is a wonderous thing. So, in this post, we will see Kibana installation using Ansible playbook or role to do just that.
Ansible Role for Logstash and its installation on CentOS 7
In our previous article, we discussed how to install Logstash on CentOS 7. Having the ability to install Logstash from a single command is a wonderous thing. So, in this post, we will see Logstash installation using Ansible playbook or role to do just that.
Ansible role for Elasticsearch and its installation on CentOS 7
In our previous article, we discussed how to install elasticsearch on CentOS 7. Having the ability to install elasticsearch from a single command is a wonderous thing. So, in this post, we will see elasticsearch installation using Ansible playbook or role to do just that.
Elasticsearch Bulk (insert/create/update/delete) API with Python client
Introduction – Elasticsearch Bulk API
The elasticsearch bulk API makes it possible to perform many insert/update/index/delete operations in a single API call. This can greatly increase the indexing speed.
Clients supports for bulk API requests
Some of the officially supported clients provide helpers to assist with bulk API requests.
Manage secrets/passwords with Ansible Vault (ansible-vault)
Introduction
Ansible vault is a feature of ansible that allows keeping sensitive data such as secrets, passwords or keys in encrypted files, rather than as plaintext in your ansible playbooks or ansible roles.