Index

A

• A10 Networks / A10 Networks
• a10_server module / The modules
• Adminer
  • about / Adminer
  • installing / Adminer
• Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) / Installing on Linux
• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) / An introduction to AWS
• Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) / Amazon Virtual Private Cloud overview, Amazon EFS
• Amazon RDS / Amazon RDS
• Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) / An introduction to AWS
• Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) / An introduction to AWS
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) / Amazon Virtual Private Cloud overview, Amazon VPC
• AMI / AMI
• Ansible
  • about / The term
  • history / The software
  • core principles / Ansible versus other tools
  • infrastructure as code / Infrastructure as code
  • technical requisites / Technical requirements
  • installing / Installing Ansible
  • installing, on macOS / Installing on macOS
  • installing, on macOS with Homebrew / Homebrew
  • installing, on macOS with pip method / The pip method
  • installation on macOS, pros and cons / Pros and cons
  • installing, on Linux / Installing on Linux
  • installing, on Windows 10 Professional / Installing on Windows 10 Professional
• ansible-config command / The ansible-config command
• ansible-console command / The ansible-console command
• ansible-doc command / The ansible-doc command
• ansible-inventory-grapher command / The ansible-inventory-grapher command
• ansible-inventory command / The ansible-inventory command
• Ansible AWX
  • installing / Ansible AWX
  • playbook, preparing / Preparing the playbook
  • docker role, bootstrapping / The docker role
  • awx role, creating / The awx role
  • playbook, executing / Running the playbook
  • using / Using Ansible AWX
  • features / AWX summary
• ansible command / Ansible
• Ansible debugger / Summary of the Ansible debugger
• Ansible Galaxy
  • about / Introduction to Ansible Galaxy
  • reference / Introduction to Ansible Galaxy
  • commands / Logging in
• Ansible playbook
  • about / The Ansible playbook
  • running / Running the playbook
• Ansible playbook debugger
  • about / The Ansible playbook debugger
  • task, debugging / Debugging the task
• Ansible Run Analysis / Ansible Run Analysis
• Ansible Tower
  • about / Web-based Ansible, Ansible Tower
  • reference / Ansible Tower, Requesting a license
  • downloading / Ansible Tower
  • inventory file, updating / Updating the inventory file
  • install.yml playbook, executing / Running the playbook
  • license, requesting / Requesting a license
  • hello world demo project / The hello world demo project
  • AWS playbook, launching / Launching the AWS playbook
  • project, adding / Adding a new project
  • credentials, adding / Adding credentials
  • inventory, adding / Adding an inventory
  • templates, adding / Adding the templates
  • playbook, executing / Running the playbook
  • cluster, removing / Removing the cluster
  • features / Tower summary 
  • license costs / Tower summary 
• Ansible Vault / Ansible Vault
• Apache
  • about / Apache
  • installing / Installing Apache
  • configuring / Configuring Apache
  • Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), configuring / Configuring SELinux
  • HTML file, copying / Copying an HTML file
  • role, executing / Running the role
• Application Elastic Load Balancer / Amazon Virtual Private Cloud overview
• Apstra Operating System (AOS) / Apstra Operating System (AOS)
• Arista CloudVision (CV) / Arista CloudVision (CV)
• Arista EOS / Arista EOS
• Aruba Mobility Controller / Aruba Mobility Controller
• ASP.NET
  • enabling / ASP.NET role
• autoscaling / Autoscaling
• Avi Networks / Avi Networks
• AWS
  • about / An introduction to AWS
  • access key, creating / Creating an access key and secret
  • secret, creating / Creating an access key and secret
• aws-wordpress playbook
  • reference / Launching the AWS playbook
• AWS Windows instances
  • interacting with / Interacting with AWS Windows instances
  • AWS role / AWS role
  • user role, creating / User role
  • Chocolatey, using / Chocolatey role
  • information role, creating / Information role
  • playbook, executing / Running the playbook

B

• Big Cloud Fabric (BCF) / Big Switch Networks
• Big Monitoring Fabric (Big Mon) / Big Switch Networks
• Big Switch Networks / Big Switch Networks
• Brocade IronWare / Brocade IronWare

C

• CA Flowdock
  • about / CA Flowdock
  • reference / Summary of third-party services
• Campfire
  • about / Campfire
  • reference / Summary of third-party services
• CentOS 7 Vagrant box image
  • reference / Launching a virtual machine
• Chocolatey
  • using / Chocolatey role
• Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) / Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
• Cisco AireOS / Cisco AireOS
• Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) / Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
• Cisco IOS / Cisco IOS and IOS XR
• Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) / Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
• Cisco NX-OS (NXOS) / Cisco NX-OS (NXOS)
• Cisco Webex Teams (Cisco Spark)
  • about / Cisco Webex Teams (Cisco Spark)
  • reference / Summary of third-party services
• Citrix Netscaler / Citrix Netscaler
• Cobbler / The software
• commands, Ansible Galaxy
  • ansible-galaxy login / Logging in
  • ansible-galaxy import / Importing
  • ansible-galaxy search / Searching
  • ansible-galaxy info / Info
• configuration
  • versus orchestration / Configuration versus orchestration 
• core network modules
  • about / Manufacturer and device support
  • A10 Networks / A10 Networks
  • Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) / Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
  • Cisco AireOS / Cisco AireOS
  • Apstra Operating System (AOS) / Apstra Operating System (AOS)
  • Aruba Mobility Controller / Aruba Mobility Controller
  • Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) / Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
  • Avi Networks / Avi Networks
  • Big Switch Networks / Big Switch Networks
  • Citrix Netscaler / Citrix Netscaler
  • Huawei CloudEngine (CE) / Huawei CloudEngine (CE)
  • Arista CloudVision (CV) / Arista CloudVision (CV)
  • Lenovo CNOS / Lenovo CNOS
  • Cumulus Linux (CL) / Cumulus Linux (CL)
  • Dell operating system 10 (DellOS10) / Dell operating system 10 (DellOS10)
  • Ubiquiti EdgeOS / Ubiquiti EdgeOS
  • Lenovo Enterprise Networking Operating System (ENOS) / Lenovo Enterprise Networking Operating System (ENOS)
  • Arista EOS / Arista EOS
  • F5 BIG-IP / F5 BIG-IP
  • FortiGate FortiManager / FortiGate FortiManager
  • FortiGate FortiOS / FortiGate FortiOS
  • illumos / illumos
  • IOS XR / Cisco IOS and IOS XR
  • Cisco IOS / Cisco IOS and IOS XR
  • Brocade IronWare / Brocade IronWare
  • Juniper Junos / Juniper Junos
  • Nokia NetAct / Nokia NetAct
  • Pluribus Networks Netvisor OS / Pluribus Networks Netvisor OS
  • Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) / Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
  • Nokia Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) / Nokia Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP)
  • Cisco NX-OS (NXOS) / Cisco NX-OS (NXOS)
  • Mellanox ONYX / Mellanox ONYX
  • Ordnance / Ordnance
  • Open vSwitch (OVS) / Open vSwitch (OVS)
  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS / Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
  • Radware / Radware
  • Nokia Networks Service Router Operating System (SROS) / Nokia Networks Service Router Operating System (SROS)
  • VyOS / VyOS
  • System / System
• Cumulus Linux (CL) / Cumulus Linux (CL)

D

• declarative programming
  • versus imperative programming / Declarative versus imperative
• Dell operating system 6 (DellOS6) / Dell operating system 10 (DellOS10)
• Dell operating system 9 (DellOS9) / Dell operating system 10 (DellOS10)
• Dell operating system 10 (DellOS10) / Dell operating system 10 (DellOS10)
• deployment
  • planning / Planning the deployment
  • costing / Costing the deployment
  • WordPress considerations / WordPress considerations and high availability
• DigitalOcean
  • history / Interacting with DigitalOcean
  • about / Interacting with DigitalOcean
  • reference / Interacting with DigitalOcean
  • personal access token, generating / Generating a personal access token
  • dopy, installing / Installing dopy
  • Droplet, launching / Launching a Droplet
  • playbook, executing / Running the playbook
  • WordPress, launching / WordPress on DigitalOcean
• Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) / The vmware_cluster module
• docker role
  • creating / Creating the docker role
  • variables / Variables
  • tasks / Tasks
  • metadata / Metadata
  • README / README

E

• EC2 instances
  • about / EC2 instances
  • instance discovery / Instance discovery
  • new deployment / New deployment
  • existing deployment / Existing deployment
• Elastic Block Store (EBS) / New deployment
• example playbook / An example playbook
• Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) / Installing common packages

F

• F5 BIG-IP / F5 BIG-IP
• FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) / Installing PHP
• Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) / OpenSCAP
• FortiGate FortiManager (fmgr) / FortiGate FortiManager
• FortiGate FortiOS / FortiGate FortiOS

H

• high availability (HA) / WordPress considerations and high availability, The vmware_cluster module
• Hipchat / Hipchat
• Homebrew
  • Ansible, installing on macOS / Homebrew
  • reference / Homebrew
• host
  • preparing / Preparing the host
• Huawei CloudEngine (CE) / Huawei CloudEngine (CE)

I

• illumos / illumos
• imperative programming
  • versus declarative programming / Declarative versus imperative
• inbuilt commands
  • about / Inbuilt commands
  • ansible / Ansible
  • ansible-config / The ansible-config command
  • ansible-console / The ansible-console command
  • ansible-doc / The ansible-doc command
  • ansible-inventory / The ansible-inventory command
  • Ansible Vault / Ansible Vault
• Inline with Upstream Stable (IUS) / Installing common packages
• Internet Information Services (IIS)
  • about / Installing a web server
  • configuring / IIS role
• IOS XR / Cisco IOS and IOS XR

J

• Jenkins Ansible Tower plugin / Automated deployment
• Jenkins GitHub plugin / Automated deployment
• Jenkins playbook / Jenkins playbook
• Juniper Junos / Juniper Junos

L

• LAMP stack
  • technical requisites / Technical requirements
  • about / LAMP stack
  • Linux / LAMP stack
  • Apache / LAMP stack, Apache
  • MariaDB / LAMP stack, MariaDB
  • PHP / LAMP stack, PHP
  • common role, creating / Common
  • packages, updating / Updating packages
  • common packages, installing / Installing common packages
  • NTP, configuring / Configuring NTP
  • user, creating / Creating a user
  • role, executing / Running the role
  • variables, overriding / Overriding variables
  • elements / Preinstallation tasks
• LEMP / LAMP stack
• Lenovo CNOS / Lenovo CNOS
• Lenovo Enterprise Networking Operating System (ENOS) / Lenovo Enterprise Networking Operating System (ENOS)
• Linux
  • Ansible, installing / Installing on Linux

M

• macOS
  • Ansible, installing / Installing on macOS
  • Ansible, installing with Homebrew / Homebrew
  • Ansible, installing with pip method / The pip method
• Mail service / Mail
• MariaDB
  • about / MariaDB
  • installing / Installing MariaDB
  • configuring / Configuring MariaDB
  • database, importing / Importing a sample database
  • role, executing / Running the role
• Mattermost
  • about / Mattermost
  • reference / Summary of third-party services
• Mellanox ONYX / Mellanox ONYX
• message of the day (MOTD) / The VyOS role
• multi-factor authentication (MFA) / Interacting with DigitalOcean
• multi-operating system
  • considerations / Multi-operating system considerations
• multiple Vagrant boxes
  • launching / Launching multiple Vagrant boxes

N

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) / OpenSCAP
• National Security Agency (NSA) / OpenSCAP
• net modules / System
• network address translation (NAT) / The vca_nat module
• Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) / Cumulus Linux (CL)
• network device
  • interacting with / Interacting with a network device
  • launching / Launching the network device
  • VyOS role / The VyOS role
  • playbook, executing / Running the playbook
• Nokia NetAct / Nokia NetAct
• Nokia Networks Service Router Operating System (SROS) / Nokia Networks Service Router Operating System (SROS)
• Nokia Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) / Nokia Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP)
• NTP
  • configuring / Configuring NTP

O

• OpenSCAP / OpenSCAP
• OpenSCAP scan
  • packages, installing / Install role
  • scan role, creating / Scan role
  • initial scan, executing / Running the initial scan
  • remediation Ansible playbook, generating / Generating the remediation Ansible playbook
  • remediation bash script, generating / Generating the remediation bash script
  • standalone scan, executing / Running a standalone scan
  • failed checks, fixing / Fixing the remaining failed checks 
  • Vagrant box, destroying / Destroying the Vagrant box
• Open vSwitch (OVS) / Open vSwitch (OVS)
• operating system family
  • determining / Operating system family
• orchestration
  • versus configuration / Configuration versus orchestration 
• Ordnance / Ordnance
• OWASP ZAP
  • running / Running OWASP ZAP
• OWASP ZAP role / The OWASP ZAP role

P

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS / Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) / Scan role
• PHP
  • about / PHP
  • installing / Installing PHP
  • phpinfo file / The phpinfo file
  • Adminer / Adminer
  • role, executing / Running the role
• phpinfo file / The phpinfo file
• ping module
  • using / The ping module
• pip install packages / The pip method
• pip method
  • Ansible, installing on macOS / The pip method
• playbook
  • about / An introduction to playbooks, The playbook
  • host inventories / Host inventories
  • configuration / Playbooks
  • structure / Playbook structure
  • executing / Running the playbook
  • Amazon VPC / Amazon VPC
  • Amazon RDS / Amazon RDS
  • Amazon EFS / Amazon EFS
  • testing / Testing the playbook
  • resources, terminating / Terminating resources, Terminating all the resources
  • EC2 instances / EC2 instances
  • stack / Stack
  • AMI / AMI
  • autoscaling / Autoscaling
  • running / Running the playbook
• Pluribus Networks Netvisor OS / Pluribus Networks Netvisor OS
• Puppet / Declarative versus imperative
• Python Package Index (PyPI)
  • reference / The pip method
  • about / The pip method

R

• Radware / Radware
• real-world examples
  • chat example / The chat example
  • automated deployment / Automated deployment
• Relational Database Service (RDS) / Amazon Virtual Private Cloud overview
• roles
  • adapting / Adapting the roles
  • operating system family, determining / Operating system family
  • stack-install role, updating / The stack-install role
  • stack-config role, updating / The stack-config role
  • wordpress role, modifying / The wordpress role
  • publishing / Publishing a role, Committing the code and publishing, Testing the role
  • testing / Testing the role

S

• Say / Say
• scan playbook
  • about / The scan playbook
  • Docker role / The Docker role
  • testing / Testing the playbook
• SCAP, components
  • Asset Identification (AID) / OpenSCAP
  • Asset Reporting Format (ARF) / OpenSCAP
  • Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE) / OpenSCAP
  • Common Configuration Scoring System (CCSS) / OpenSCAP
  • Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) / OpenSCAP
  • Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) / OpenSCAP
  • Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) / OpenSCAP
  • Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) / OpenSCAP
  • Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) / OpenSCAP
  • Open Checklist Interactive Language (OCIL) / OpenSCAP
  • Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) / OpenSCAP
  • Trust Model for Security Automation Data (TMSAD) / OpenSCAP
• Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
  • configuring / Configuring SELinux
• Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) / OpenSCAP
• Server Load Balancer (SLB) / The modules
• ServiceNow
  • about / ServiceNow
  • reference / Summary of third-party services
• setup module
  • using / The setup module
• Slack
  • about / Slack
  • reference / Generating a token, Summary of third-party services
  • token, generating / Generating a token
• solid-state drives (SSD) / Interacting with DigitalOcean
• stack
  • about / Stack
  • default variables / Default variables
  • deploy / Deploy
  • WordPress / WordPress
• stack-config role
  • about / The stack-config role
  • WordPress system user, creating / WordPress system user
  • NGINX configuration / NGINX configuration
  • PHP configuration / PHP and PHP-FPM configuration
  • PHP-FPM configuration / PHP and PHP-FPM configuration
  • NGINX, starting / Starting NGINX and PHP-FPM
  • PHP-FPM, starting / Starting NGINX and PHP-FPM
  • MariaDB configuration / MariaDB Configuration
  • SELinux configuration / SELinux configuration
  • updating / The stack-config role
• stack-install command
  • about / The stack-install command
  • repositories, enabling / Enabling the repositories
  • packages, installing / Installing the packages
• stack-install role
  • updating / The stack-install role
• Syslog / Syslog

T

• third-party commands
  • about / Third-party commands
  • ansible-inventory-grapher / The ansible-inventory-grapher command
  • Ansible Run Analysis / Ansible Run Analysis
• third-party services
  • integrating with / Integrating with third-party services
  • Slack / Slack
  • Campfire / Campfire
  • Cisco Webex Teams (Cisco Spark) / Cisco Webex Teams (Cisco Spark)
  • CA Flowdock / CA Flowdock
  • Hipchat / Hipchat
  • Mail / Mail
  • Mattermost / Mattermost
  • Say / Say
  • ServiceNow / ServiceNow
  • Syslog / Syslog
  • Twilio / Twilio
  • about / Summary of third-party services
• Twilio
  • about / Twilio
  • reference / Summary of third-party services
• two-factor authentication (2FA) / Interacting with DigitalOcean

U

• Ubiquiti EdgeOS / Ubiquiti EdgeOS

V

• Vagrant
  • reference / Launching a virtual machine
• Vagrant boxes
  • preparing / Preparing the boxes
• Vagrantfile
  • using / Vagrantfile
• variables
  • overriding / Overriding variables
• vca_fw module / The vca_fw module
• vca_nat module / The vca_nat module
• vca_vapp module / The vca_vapp module
• vcenter_folder module / The vcenter_folder module
• vcenter_license module / The vcenter_license module
• vCloud Air / vCloud Air
• vDirect server / Radware
• virtual machine
  • launching / Launching a virtual machine
• VMware / An introduction to VMware
• VMware ESXi / VMware ESXi
• VMware modules
  • about / The VMware modules
  • requisites / Requirements
• VMware provider plugin
  • reference / Launching a virtual machine
• VMware vCentre / VMware vCentre
• VMware vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS) / vCloud Air
• VMware vSphere / VMware vSphere
• vmware_cfg_backup module / The vmware_cfg_backup module
• vmware_cluster module / The vmware_cluster module
• vmware_datacenter module / The vmware_datacenter module
• vmware_datastore_facts module / The vmware_datastore_facts module
• vmware_dns_config module / The vmware_dns_config module
• vmware_drs_rule_facts module / The vmware_drs_rule_facts module
• vmware_dvswitch module / The vmware_dvswitch module
• vmware_dvs_host module / The vmware_dvs_host module
• vmware_dvs_portgroup module / The vmware_dvs_portgroup module
• vmware_guest module / The vmware_guest module
• vmware_guest_facts module / The vmware_guest_facts module
• vmware_guest_file_operation module / The vmware_guest_file_operation module
• vmware_guest_find module / The vmware_guest_find module
• vmware_guest_powerstate module / The vmware_guest_powerstate module
• vmware_guest_snapshot module / The vmware_guest_snapshot module
• vmware_guest_tools_wait module / The vmware_guest_tools_wait module
• vmware_host module / The vmware_host module
• vmware_host_acceptance module / The vmware_host_acceptance module
• vmware_host_config_manager module / The vmware_host_config_manager module
• vmware_host_datastore module / The vmware_host_datastore module
• vmware_host_dns_facts module / The vmware_host_dns_facts module
• vmware_host_facts module / The vmware_host_facts module
• vmware_host_firewall_facts module / The vmware_host_firewall_facts module
• vmware_host_firewall_manager module / The vmware_host_firewall_manager module
• vmware_host_lockdown module / The vmware_host_lockdown module
• vmware_host_ntp module / The vmware_host_ntp module
• vmware_host_package_facts module / The vmware_host_package_facts module
• vmware_host_service_facts module / The vmware_host_service_facts module
• vmware_host_service_manager module / The vmware_host_service_manager module
• vmware_host_vmnic_facts module / The vmware_host_vmnic_facts module
• vmware_local_role_manager module / The vmware_local_role_manager module
• vmware_local_user_manager module / The vmware_local_user_manager module
• vmware_maintenancemode module / The vmware_maintenancemode module
• vmware_portgroup module / The vmware_portgroup module
• vmware_resource_pool module / The vmware_resource_pool module
• vmware_target_canonical_facts module / The vmware_target_canonical_facts module
• vmware_vmkernel module / The vmware_vmkernel module
• vmware_vmkernel_facts module / The vmware_vmkernel_facts module
• vmware_vmotion module / The vmware_vmotion module
• vmware_vm_facts module / The vmware_vm_facts module
• vmware_vm_shell module / The vmware_vm_shell module
• vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule module / The vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule module
• vmware_vm_vss_dvs_migrate module / The vmware_vm_vss_dvs_migrate module
• vmware_vsan_cluster module / The vmware_vsan_cluster module
• vmware_vswitch module / The vmware_vswitch module
• VPC
  • role / The VPC role
• VPC playbook
  • about / The VPC playbook
  • subnets role / The subnets role
  • internet gateway role / The internet gateway role
  • security group role / The security group role
  • ELB role / The ELB role
• vsphere_copy module / The vsphere_copy module
• vsphere_guest module / The vsphere_guest module
• VyOS / VyOS

W

• web-based Ansible / Web-based Ansible
• web application firewall (WAF) / Avi Networks
• web server
  • installing / Installing a web server
  • Internet Information Services (IIS), configuring / IIS role
  • ASP.NET, enabling / ASP.NET role
• Windows 10 Professional
  • Ansible, installing / Installing on Windows 10 Professional
• Windows 2016 server
  • launching, with Vagrant / Up-and-running
  • Vagrantfile, using / Vagrantfile
  • Ansible, preparing / Ansible preparation
  • ping module, using / The ping module
  • setup module, using / The setup module
• Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
  • using / Vagrantfile
• Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
  • about / Installing on Windows 10 Professional
  • reference / Installing on Windows 10 Professional
• WordPress
  • installation tasks / WordPress installation tasks
  • downloading / Downloading, configuring, and installing WordPress
  • installing / Downloading, configuring, and installing WordPress
  • configuring / Downloading, configuring, and installing WordPress
  • launching, on DigitalOcean / WordPress on DigitalOcean
  • host inventory file, modifying / The host inventory
  • variables, overriding / Variables
  • site.yml file, updating / The playbook
  • droplet role, modifying / The droplet role
  • playbook, executing / Running the playbook
• WordPress CLI installation / WordPress CLI installation
• WordPress database
  • creating / Creating the WordPress database
• WordPress playbook
  • running / Running the WordPress playbook
  • about / The WordPress playbook
• WordPress plugins
  • installing / WordPress plugins and theme installation
• wordpress role
  • modifying / The wordpress role
• WordPress themes
  • installing / WordPress plugins and theme installation
• WPScan
  • running / Running a WPScan
• WPScan role / The WPScan role