Okay -- check this out ...
https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/automation/learning-ansible-tutorial
You can install the free version of Ansible on all Linux Platforms.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/installation_distros.html
Their install guide will also help you get the basics sorted out.
At work, we manage thousands of servers with Ansible -- At home, my entire
homelab configuration is handled by Ansible. I can spin up a new RedHat VM
and have it ready for "production" in about 5 minutes -- its amazing.
--
Thanks,
Alex.
On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 4:51 AM Michael <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, please!
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:20 AM Snyder, Alexander J <
> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>
>> This isn't idiocy, this is the infancy of automation! What if you could
>> get Ann entirely new PC and then you could run "a thing" on it to
>> completely provision and configure all your settings and files just how you
>> want it?!?
>>
>> This thing already exists, it's free, and easy to learn.
>>
>> Welcome to the wonderful and exciting world of ANSIBLE!
>>
>> It's called "Configuration Management", and in the world of ANSIBLE, you
>> write playbooks and those playbook execute tasks.
>>
>> If you're interested to know more, let me know. Aside from being a big
>> fan of Ansible, it's also literally my day job.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Alexander
>>
>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 07:34 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> what I mean by easier is if I have to reinstall the OS/get a new
>>> computer it is easier to write it into a text file, save it in gmail as a
>>> draft, and then open up that draft if I need it. I have a LOT of drafts
>>> like this. Commands, paragraphs that I have to repeat, stuff like that. You
>>> might think I'm an idiot but let my idiocy inspire you!
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:26 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> as for doing this graphically I think it is easier to copy-n-paste into
>>>> a terminal:
>>>> sudo apt-mark hold package1 package2 package3
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Look at what I just discovered: The apt-mark hold <package> command is
>>>>> used to prevent a specific package from being upgraded on Debian-based
>>>>> systems.
>>>>> I hated waiting for firefox to update! (I don't use ff) Could we start
>>>>> a list of other big packages that don't need to be updated?
>>>>> --
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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