Review\\nI enjoyed reading the book. The hands-on examples with code, real-life applications, humorous comments and general writing flow have made it a pleasant read. The book has a high educational value which I experienced at first hand as someone that's been working with Ansible for only 7 months. The last chapters have been a great addition for the different applications that Ansible can be used for/with. Kudos to you, Bas!\n-- Marek Vette\nSoftware Engineer\\nLoved reading it, even learned some new things :-)\n-- Ton Kersten\nAnsible Trainer\\n"Bas Meijer has taken the work Lorin Hochstein and René Moser began and modernized the content for this third edition, adding to what was already a very good book. Whether you are a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced Ansible user, this is a book you'll want to read."\n-- Jan Piet Mens\nConsultant\\nAmong the many configuration management tools available, Ansible has some distinct advantages: It's minimal in nature. You don't need to install agents on your nodes. And there's an easy learning curve. With this updated third edition, you'll quickly learn how to be productive with Ansible whether you're a developer deploying code or a system administrator looking for a better automation solution.\nAuthors Bas Meijer, Lorin Hochstein, and Rene Moser show you how to write playbooks (Ansible's configuration management scripts), manage remote servers, and explore the tool's real power: built-in declarative modules. You'll learn how Ansible has all the functionality you need--and the simplicity you desire. Explore Ansible configuration management and deployment Manage Linux, Windows, and network devices Learn how to apply Ansible best practices Understand how to use the new collections format Create custom modules and plug-ins Generate reusable Ansible content for open source middleware Build container images, images for cloud instances, and cloud infrastructure Automate CI/CD development environments Learn how to use Ansible Automation Platform for DevOps\\nFrom the Back Cover\\nAmong the many configuration management tools available, Ansible has some distinct advantages: It's minimal in nature. You don't need to install agents on your nodes. And there's an easy learning curve. With this updated third edition, you'll quickly learn how to be productive with Ansible whether you're a developer deploying code or a system administrator looking for a better automation solution.\\nAuthors Bas Meijer, Lorin Hochstein, and René Moser\nshow you how to write playbooks (Ansible's configuration management scripts), manage remote servers, and explore the tool's real power: built-in declarative modules. You'll learn how Ansible has all the functionality you need—and the simplicity you desire.\nExplore Ansible configuration management and deployment Manage Linux, Windows, and network devices Learn how to apply Ansible best practices Understand how to use the new collections format Create custom modules and plugins Generate reusable Ansible content for open source\nmiddleware Build container images, images for cloud instances, and cloud infrastructure Automate CI/CD development environments Learn how to use Ansible Automation Platform for DevOps