Introduction to Ansible Molecule
- Speaker: Brian Hoppus
- Room: CC 234
- Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A)
- Difficulty: Some experience required
- Track: DevOps
- Presenter Location: In-person
- Experience: first time speaking
- At: at lfnw
Description:
Are you tired of spinning your wheels fixing failed Ansible runs and dealing with configuration drift? As organizations continue moving toward Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and declarative automation, reliable tooling becomes essential. Building idempotent, reusable, and error‑free Ansible roles can be challenging — especially when testing across multiple operating systems or recovering from failed automation runs.
Simple linting and check‑mode runs aren’t enough. This talk introduces Ansible Molecule, a testing framework that helps operations teams validate roles, catch issues early, and ensure consistent automation.
Attendees will learn how Molecule can help:
- Reduce configuration drift
- Test roles across different OS environments
- Improve reliability and repeatability of automation
- Support modern DevOps workflows
Target Audience:
- Sysadmins
- DevOps engineers