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Optimize your automation with improved playbooks that guarantee reliable execution. Create and maintain Ansible Playbooks with ease while ensuring they are always up-to-date and secure.
"Spotter has been instrumental in transforming our automation process. It helps identify and mitigate potential issues before execution, resulting in fewer errors and higher productivity. Spotter is more than just a tool — it’s a catalyst for evolving the way we manage and perceive automation."
"Spotter can help my customers go from Ansible 2.9 to 2.13/14. It can help them find FQCN for modules, as they are having a hard time finding them, and can also help with any changed parameters. Spotter is easy to use and expand upon."
’’Spotter is a game-changing tool that will revolutionize the way you manage your Ansible Playbooks. It's like having a personal playbook advisor!’’
’’Linter checks and corrections were a time-consuming job for our existing assets. We used Spotter to set up the development standards and best practices. I love that it shows errors that other available linters can't find. Spotter is awesome!’’
’’Spotter is a great tool for all Ansible Playbook users, and what I like most about Spotter is that it finds version mismatches.’’
’’Spotter allows me to write perfect Ansible code without missing all the necessary arguments and delivers on the promise of helping with Ansible version upgrades. It's perfect for getting comprehensive code.’’
’’Spotter seems like a very good addition to existing tools like ansible-lint and ansible-test. Especially the tips and hints to migrate from older Ansible versions to current versions as well as the function to fix found errors are great!’’
’’Spotter has allowed me to easily convert an Ansible role and many playbooks to be able to run on the latest Ansible versions. It clearly showed me all the changes I needed to make, and I'm excited to share this tool with my team and my company. Thanks so much for the great tool!’’
Check if your playbooks are compatible with a specific Ansible version, identify issues you need to resolve, get advice on how to ease migrations, and upgrade playbooks in minutes instead of hours.
Check all Ansible versions from 2.0 to 2.15
️Prevent downtime and simplify migrations across different versions.
Identify name changes and redirects in collections, modules and parameters and default value changes.
Detect deprecated modules and their parameters.
Check for fully qualified collection names.
Add an extra layer of security. Understand what will happen when you run the playbooks and follow security best practices to minimize security risks, downtime, and costs.
Add your own rules and policies to ensure all playbooks meet your specific needs, requirements and use cases.
Structure your playbooks for readability, collaboration and ease of use.
Verify that modules, parameters, and parameter values within playbooks are correct and accurate.
Check if playbooks are compatible and supported with the latest versions of Ansible and Ansible Collections.
Customize rules and policies to meet specific organizational, industry and security requirements.
Check for security misconfiguration within playbooks and assure compliance with security best practices.
Structure your playbooks for readability, collaboration and ease of use.
Verify that modules, parameters, and parameter values within playbooks are correct and accurate.
Check if playbooks are compatible and supported with the latest versions of Ansible and Ansible Collections.
Customize rules and policies to meet specific organizational, industry and security requirements.
Check for security misconfiguration within playbooks and assure compliance with security best practices.
Rewrite your Ansible content with suggested changes in a flash.
Suggestions are equipped with direct links to module documentation of a specific version.
Requirements.yml with all the collections you need for the installation is generated automatically.
Analyze scan data, spot trends, monitor progress, and create custom reports with the intuitive reporting feature. Focus on delivering results and make data-driven decisions.
Simply install the steampunk-spotter CLI tool as a Python package.
Use Spotter app to check the quality of public Git repositories.
Integrate Spotter with GitHub Actions and GitLab to scan content within CI/CD workflows.
Analyze and get recommendations for your playbooks directly in Visual Studio Code.
Windows compatible Spotter is fully compatible with Windows operating systems, allowing seamless integration with other Windows applications to help you streamline your workflow.
As a Playbook Developer, you come across different challenges. Documentation is lacking, there's no clear guidance on what's approved, and it's hard to keep up with what's new and best practices.
Use Spotter to:
verify playbook templates or examples,
check Ansible core and Collection versions compatibility,
understand the implications of Ansible upgrades.
As a Quality Assurance Manager, you often wonder what the playbook will really do, especially when there's no documentation available. Will there be a rollback? Will it break something in production?
Use Spotter to:
understand what will happen when you run the playbook,
run QA automations without errors,
understand best practices and what-if scenarios for your tests.
As an Operations Manager, you want to anticipate potential issues, but how to do that if you don't know what will happen in case of errors in the playbooks? Or what will happen to them when a new Ansible version pops up?
Use Spotter to:
identify potential vulnerabilities,
receive quality reports and recommendations for improvements,
achieve reliable execution of automation.
As IT's infrastructure continues to evolve and become more complex, it's nearly impossible for security specialists to keep it secure at all times without the help of reliable tools.
Use Spotter to:
prevent misconfigurations and security breaches,
ensure corporate standards of compliance,
achieve secure execution of automation.
As a Playbook Developer, you come across different challenges. Documentation is lacking, there's no clear guidance on what's approved, and it's hard to keep up with what's new and best practices.
Use Spotter to:
verify playbook templates or examples,
check Ansible core and Collection versions compatibility,
understand the implications of Ansible upgrades.
As a Quality Assurance Manager, you often wonder what the playbook will really do, especially when there's no documentation available. Will there be a rollback? Will it break something in production?
Use Spotter to:
understand what will happen when you run the playbook,
run QA automations without errors,
understand best practices and what-if scenarios for your tests.
As an Operations Manager, you want to anticipate potential issues, but how to do that if you don't know what will happen in case of errors in the playbooks? Or what will happen to them when a new Ansible version pops up?
Use Spotter to:
identify potential vulnerabilities,
receive quality reports and recommendations for improvements,
achieve reliable execution of automation.
As IT's infrastructure continues to evolve and become more complex, it's nearly impossible for security specialists to keep it secure at all times without the help of reliable tools.
Use Spotter to:
prevent misconfigurations and security breaches,
ensure corporate standards of compliance,
achieve secure execution of automation.
’’Having written countless playbooks and collections, we have unique experience in both sides of the Ansible story and we are very familiar with the challenges Ansible users face. We have incorporated this extensive know-how in the Steampunk Spotter to support you on your automation journey and help you automate with confidence.’’
Gregor Berginc, CEO & Head of XLAB Steampunk, XLAB
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