The Ghost Operator's Signal
Plain text communication is loud. It’s bleeding data.
Prying eyes can see every bit in the wire.
You have to isolate the backend – the Semaphore UI and MySQL containers stay locked down. Unreachable for the external work.
Open a tiny hole on the stronghold to the world – the frontend is an NginX SSL proxy.
You use:
Now we automate.
The pod.
The proxy.
The secrets.
One playbook to conjure the setup, one command to repeat the ritual.
Continue reading “Ghost Hands – Automating The Stronghold With Ansible And Podman”
Ansible is a sharp blade.
For operators craving API-driven command, Semaphore rises from Ansible’s silent core.
DeadSwitch maps it.
Continue reading “Ansible Automation For Ghosts – Semaphore UI”Ansible Semaphore is a web-based tool for managing Ansible projects and workflows. It provides a graphical user interface that allows us to view and manage our Ansible tasks, playbooks, and inventories in a centralized location. With Semaphore, we can easily manage and monitor our Ansible workflows, schedule and automate tasks, and collaborate with team members in a seamless way. This tool simplifies the management of Ansible projects, making it more accessible to users who may not be familiar with command-line interfaces or coding.
Semaphore is written in Go language, and it is available for Windows, macOS and Linux (x64, ARM, ARM64). Ansible Semaphore is an open-source project with high-quality code.
We will install and configure Ansible Semaphore in Docker, and take a look at its interface and configuration.
Continue reading “Enhancing Ansible Automation: Exploring the Power of Ansible Semaphore, a Modern Open-Source GUI”
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