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July 29, 2025
Steampunk Spotter integrates directly into Azure DevOps Pipelines to automatically scan Ansible content for deprecated syntax, …
April 14, 2023
To achieve corporate standards and security compliance of your Ansible Playbooks, we integrated an OPA-compliant policy definition …
April 4, 2023
Ansible and Jenkins are popular, well-acclaimed automation tools used to implement DevOps principles. Can, or better yet, should …
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 14, 2023
Scale Computing trusted XLAB Steampunk with the development of the Ansible Collection. Did we live up to their expectations and …
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 …
February 14, 2023
One of Slovenia's largest financial services companies needed a solution to automate the management of its infrastructure. With a …
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 17, 2022
Modern IT systems and infrastructures are becoming increasingly complex, and while technological advancements bring many benefits …