Steampunk Blog
Explore Spotter news, tips & tricks on high-quality Ansible Playbooks and Collections and dive into the benefits of automation with Ansible.
August 28, 2025
Upgrading Ansible playbooks is essential to reduce risk, improve ROI, and ensure secure, future-proof automation. A structured …
March 23, 2023
With the final deadline for the upgrade from Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 to AAP2 right around the corner (September 2023), …
March 15, 2023
Every day we are edging closer and closer to finally migrating to Ansible Automation Platform 2 (AAP 2). It brings updated …
March 6, 2023
So, you decided to write your first Ansible Playbook. Maybe not even your first, maybe you just want to know how to write secure …
January 31, 2023
In the past few months, AI systems have caused quite a stir on the web. We couldn't wait to get our hands dirty and try to write …
January 26, 2023
Red Hat launched Ansible Automation Platform 2 (AAP2) in September 2021 and has since already updated to version 2.3. It brings …
January 24, 2023
Ansible Lint is a tool that checks your Ansible Playbooks for errors and provides recommendations for improvements. Steampunk …
January 17, 2023
If you're reading this, you know the feeling of putting off upgrading your Ansible Playbooks for as long as possible because you …
November 9, 2022
Don't you wish you had a little helper by your side to spot elusive errors when writing Ansible Playbooks? Or anticipate potential …
November 3, 2022
We're constantly improving Steampunk Spotter by adding new checks that enhance stability, reliability, and security of your …
September 7, 2022
If you are reading this, you are no stranger to the Ansible update and upgrade process. The fact that Ansible is constantly being …
August 30, 2022
There hasn’t been much buzz around our Ansible Playbook Quality Scanner lately. But with a good reason. Our team has been putting …
July 13, 2022
The point of automating IT tasks is to save time. But in reality, the process of successfully automating a task can actually take …
