Last month in Ansible Berlin meetup, I had a session about my experience with writing an external inventory script from scratch for Netbox
12/12/2017
11/11/2017
Introduction to InfluxDB and TICK Stack - Presentation
Ahmed AbouZaid
11/11/2017
DevOps, Presentation, TICK stack
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Last week in CrossEngage Academy we had another session. This time it was by me, about my favorite stack so far (after using it for 2 years it's still!), InfluxDB and TICK Stack!
29/10/2017
Netbox dynamic inventory script for Ansible - Python
Ahmed AbouZaid
29/10/2017
Ansible, DevOps, Python
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I use Ansible however and whenever I have a chance to do, because Ansible rocks! However nowadays I don't use Ansible as a main configuration management tool at work (but SaltStack).
Ansible's "Dynamic inventory" is one of nice features,
08/07/2017
Book Summary 02: High Performance Browser Networking - Part3 (HTTP)
Ahmed AbouZaid
08/07/2017
Books, DevOps, Summary
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08/05/2017
Your first PyPI package - Python
Ahmed AbouZaid
08/05/2017
Ansible, DevOps, Python
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In last month I worked on a side project, which is Netbox dynamic inventory script for Ansible.
After I finished 85% of unittest coverage, I moved forward to
24/03/2017
Update htpasswd if changed only - SaltStack
Ahmed AbouZaid
24/03/2017
DevOps, SaltStack, Tips and Tricks
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SaltStack has a lot of states and modules, an each one has different options, but some times the state/module doesn't support a certain function, so you have to use another
06/02/2017
Mimic "now + time" in schedule state - SaltStack
Ahmed AbouZaid
06/02/2017
DevOps, SaltStack
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SaltStack has a schedule state that allows you to manage scheduled jobs on client (Minion), and it's very handy to manage cron style job.
But sometimes you could need to run a job once, in other words,
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