SaltStack Pillar as Terraform external data source - Python

SaltStack is more than a configuration management tool, SaltStack Pillar could have a lot of data which may be needed somewhere else, e.g. Terraform!

So to avoid duplications, and after

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Netbox dynamic inventory script for Ansible - Python

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,

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Your first PyPI package - Python

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

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Creating SaltStack modules - Python

One of things I like in SaltStack is his modules system. It's as simple as Ansible modules.

All what you need is creating a module with

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Run NetBox on Rancher - Docker Compose

If you manage many of dedicated servers and networks, you will need a "Source of Truth" to do that efficiently. From time to time I try to find a better solution to do that.

So I decided to give "NetBox" a try! But what is NetBox?

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Monitor processes with Telegraf/InfluxDB/Kapacitor - Python

Recently I needed to monitor some system processes in a "blackbox" way! I just need to make sure they are up and running, and number of each process. e.g. if "sshd" process is running or not, and how many of it is running.

I think even you do monitor and collect performance metrics (whitebox monitoring), you also need

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LibreOffice macro to fix common mistakes with Regex - Python

However I'm a Linux system admin, but I have other activities too. As a technical writer and an author, I work a lot with text, and as usual I always try to automate what can be automated even outside system administration!

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Opsview/Nagios as dynamic inventory for Ansible - Python

Abstract.

I needed to a unified inventory for all servers I manage, so I made a Python script retrieves servers list and ssh ports from Opsview via APIs, and it supports 4 kinds of output formats:

• Ansible dynamic inventory.
• Ansible static inventory (INI-like).
• OpenSSH config file.
• Pure JSON.

You can find it on Github: Opsview as Ansible inventory.
It looks like a hack more than anything else, and most importantly .. it works! :D
And for now it's enough for current needs.

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German nouns gender analyzer - Python

I really enjoy learning new languages, not just grammar, but the whole culture of the language. The main problem when people try to learn a new language is the "comparison"! They always try to

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Working with CloudFlare API - Python

If you ask me, I will say that CloudFlare is one of the best companies appeared in last few years! CloudFlare came to fill a real need in the market! Whether as CDN (Content Delivery Network) or as security layer.

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Ansible module to list groups in inventory - Python

Update 1/11/2015: I updated the module and made a Github repository "List Ansible inventory groups".

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I'm really in love with Ansible, it's very simple, very handy ... it's Awesome! You can master it in no time at all! Get Started now!

As far as I remember, I've been started using Ansible since v1.7,

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