Automating Infrastructure Management: The Power of Ansible for DevOps Efficiency
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Title: Automating Infrastructure Management: The Power of Ansible for DevOps Efficiency
Caption: Ansible for Infrastructure and DevOps
Description: Discusses how Ansible enhances DevOps efficiency by automating infrastructure management.
Automating Infrastructure Management: The Power of Ansible for DevOps Efficiency
International Journal of Computer Techniques – Volume 7 Issue 2, April 2020
Nagaraju Islavath
Independent Researcher
Email: islavath.nagaraju@gmail.com
Abstract
Infrastructure management has always been a key aspect of IT as a service, but the presence of DevOps underlines that it has to be effective, scalable, and automated. One open-source tool that has risen to the occasion in the current world is Ansible. This automation tool can be used to manage and deploy infrastructure in an organization. This research paper aims to identify how Ansible helps improve DevOps’s efficiency by addressing tasks such as infrastructure management, configuration, and application deployment. With the help of Ansible automation, human interferences are minimized, the probability of errors is eliminated, and homogeneity of environments is achieved. This paper introduces several aspects of the framework and its connection to other DevOps toolchain methodologies. It also uses scenarios to show how it enhances the management process. This paper is a perfect guide on using Ansible to achieve DevOps goals based on analyzing the issues associated with infrastructure management and the possible solutions Ansible offers.
Keywords
Ansible, infrastructure automation, DevOps, configuration management, CI/CD, scalability, operational efficiency
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How to Cite
Nagaraju Islavath, “Automating Infrastructure Management: The Power of Ansible for DevOps Efficiency,” International Journal of Computer Techniques, Volume 7, Issue 2, April 2020.