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Short blog post on how a small fix I implemented for the ansible-netbox inventory plugin reminded me that often code changes, are just a small part of upstreaming a fix to a mature open source project. It can be a little challenging, or frustrating, but that's okay!
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I get bi-directional LLM guilt. I feel guilty if I don't use them to save time, and then I also feel guilty when my git history shows my carelessness that I haven't fully tested or understood what I just added.
Ex: I LLMd a prettier configuration to fix some markdown formatting stuff in Lazyvim, but then it was single quoting my ansible yaml because I accidentally added a default setting to do so .

actual lol at thog’s masterclass https://news.ansible.uk/a458.html
“Then know that it’s Chohlit who holds your life like a grape on the palm of his hand.” He brought his nose right next to Innowen’s, and glared. “Too bad I don't like grapes,” he hissed.

🚨🚨🚨 uv has fixed my pet issue https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/6314 and `uv tool install ansible --with-executables-from ansible-core` works now! 🚨🚨🚨
for us, that was the last blocker before going all-in on uv.

Support including dependency executables (e.g., `--include-deps`) in `uv tool install` · Issue #6314 · astral-sh/uv
hi, congrats on 0.3.0! I've noticed one very useful pipx option that uv tool is currently missing: --install-deps. It means that it also adds the CLIs of packages it depends on. This is crucial for...

Anyone doing zabbix and ansible? I got the connection working, but when trying to add a host to the server I kept getting "Template not found". So I removed the templates and I got "Hostgroup not found". So I removed the hostgroup and got this, so I guess i HAVE to have something. But why is it not finding them? Quoted or not quoted, no difference. #ansible

Current status: writing an Ansible task that creates a jinja2 template that creates a bash script that uses bash arrays that come from a YAML dict of lists

Nachtschicht mit Ansible für Serverupdates. Früher wurden pro Nacht wenige Server aktualisiert. Heute sind es dank Automatisierung Hunderte. Wie effektiv heutzutage einige Prozesse doch geworden sind ...
#ansible #automation

I recently got around to installing an OS on my home server, and setting up an Ansible playbook to manage the basic config.
mDNS is working, so I can access it at server.local on my network.
What’s next? Many ideas, but I think setting up docker and using it to run @… is on the short list.
Would be lovely to have a second copy of my git repos at ho…

I wrote up my code for downloading the installer from a current GitHub release
#Automation

Downloading a GitHub current release
I had a need to download the current version of a package distributed via GitHub in one of my Ansible playbooks. I also wrote a PowerShell version for use in another script. I wanted to write down the code so I wouldn't forget it. You have to specify the GitHub

For $reasons I needed a string in an Ansible Jinja2 template which would be a time between 18:00:00 and the following 05:00:00 (an 11 hour span).
The time should be different for each host, spread throughout the range, but should be deterministic (i.e. it will never change for a given host).
The best I could come up with was: https://pa…

Quadlet to taka cudowna rzecz...

Rozwiązuje to odwieczny problem, czy instalować wszystko bez kontenerów i ogarnąć systemd, czy bawić się w docker compose, czy pisać serwisy uruchamiające kontener...

Z qadlet'em opisujemy kontenery, sieci, wolumeny w systemd i normalnie kontrolujemy przez systemctl, journalctl itd - cudowne. Bardzo ładnie się to spina z Ansible.

#devops…

Self-Healing Network of Interconnected Edge Devices Empowered by Infrastructure-as-Code and LoRa Communication
Rob Carson, Mohamed Chahine Ghanem, Feriel Bouakkaz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16268

Self-Healing Network of Interconnected Edge Devices Empowered by Infrastructure-as-Code and LoRa Communication
This Paper proposes a self-healing, automated network of Raspberry Pi devices designed for deployment in scenarios where traditional networking is unavailable. Leveraging the low-power, long-range capabilities of the LoRa (Long Range) protocol alongside Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies, the research addresses challenges such as limited bandwidth, data collisions, and node failures. Given that LoRa's packet-based system is incompatible with conventional IaC tools like Ansible and Terra…

Finished writing big ansible script, Yeah! Runs! Yeah! Actually creates the DNS in infoblox, Yeah! Makes the instance in VMware, Yeah! Promptly does all other customization.... on localhost? Face palm.

I always feel soooooo slow when I'm starting a new IaC project or doing a major refactor.
In this case there's a lot of orchestration that I'm the tying to leave room for future enhancements. Anyway it always takes long time
I'm re-working my lanecloud Ansible provisioning to better use netbox as a source of truth... And also switching to provisioning VMs with libvirt instead of nomad