ansible – Ops and Automation

Using Ansible to automate large-scale ssh key changes

Have you ever been faced with the issue of having to do some automation surrounding the rotation of SSH host keys? Earlier today today I was faced with the problem of a quick and simple way to mass-update the known_hosts file on a large number of Linux machines. I can across this stackflow post which […]

Using Ansible to Update ESXI VIB’s and manage vCenter at scale.

Leave a Comment / ansible, python, vmware / Nick Shores

Recently I’ve been using Ansible to push out updates to vSphere environments that have a lot of hosts, but no working installation of VMWare Update Manager available. During the creation of the below playbook, I found a few interesting caveats to using Ansible to manage your ESXI hosts and vCenter. To resolve this, I’ve created

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