Steampunk Blog
Explore Spotter news, tips & tricks on high-quality Ansible Playbooks and Collections and dive into the benefits of automation with Ansible.
June 1, 2023
We’re excited to announce that Spotter 2.0 is here, bigger and better, ready to conquer all of your automation challenges!
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 many excellent features to …
January 24, 2023
Ansible Lint is a tool that checks your Ansible Playbooks for errors and provides recommendations for improvements. Steampunk Spotter is a tool that checks your …
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 know it will take time, effort, …
December 20, 2022
Upgrading Ansible Playbooks and roles to the latest Ansible version can be quite a challenge, as a lot can change between versions (best practices alter, …
December 6, 2022
Is there anything worse than working with unreliable Ansible Playbooks, exposing yourself to security risks and broken automation? Well, we could name a few …
November 17, 2022
Modern IT systems and infrastructures are becoming increasingly complex, and while technological advancements bring many benefits to organizations, they also …
November 10, 2022
Every good web service needs a good authentication layer. AWS uses IAM to manage users, one of which is your development user (you're not using the root …
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 problems playbooks might …
November 3, 2022
We're constantly improving Steampunk Spotter by adding new checks that enhance stability, reliability, and security of your Ansible Playbooks, and enriching the …
October 12, 2022
In this article, you'll learn the basics of Configuration Management tools so that you can decide which one you need. Whether you're looking to automate your …
October 7, 2022
In this blog post, we will take a closer look at Ansible, our configuration management tool of choice. So if you want to learn what Ansible is, what it does, …
October 7, 2022
Cloud automation tools can save companies time and money by enabling them to focus their efforts and resources on value-added activities instead of managing …
