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title = "Ansible: From Beginner to Pro - Michael Heap"
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date = 2020-04-03
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["books", "reviews", "ti", "ansible", "michael heap"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29201033-ansible):
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This book is your concise guide to Ansible, the simple way to automate apps
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and IT infrastructure. In less than 250 pages, this book takes you from
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knowing nothing about configuration management to understanding how to use
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Ansible in a professional setting.
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{{ stars(stars=3) }}
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It's kinda hard to put a review on this. I mean, yes, it takes you from the
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basics of Ansible, explaining how to build a playbook, split things into
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roles, adding triggers... the normal Ansible stuff.
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The problem lies on the Python part. Ansible is built on top of Python and the
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book mentions the current version of Python: 2.6. Problem is, Python 2.6 was
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released in 2008 and the 2.x series in unsupported at this point. Surely, it's
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a matter of time for this kind of stuff to happen, but still...
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Also, it seems the author didn't really know Python. The last part, when
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talking about building your own Ansible module, it uses the long version to
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build dictionaries, `dict(key=value)`, instead of the classic and short
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`{'key': value}`. There is no explanation why use this version instead.
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Sure, at this point, it helps beginners with Ansible, but I'm not quite sure
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if the "Pro" part still holds up.
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