Ansible and Pulumi: Two Automation Philosophies Coexisting

Ansible and Pulumi solve different problems and are not competitors: Ansible manages configuration inside a server (packages, users, services); Pulumi defines, with real code in TypeScript, Python, Go or .NET, which cloud infrastructure exists (VPCs, instances, databases). Combining them, with Pulumi's dynamic inventory feeding Ansible, is the most productive pattern for automating a stack that includes servers in the cloud.

June 25, 2024 5 min 226 4.3

Tools

Semaphore: Ansible UI When the Team Grows

Semaphore is the open-source Ansible web UI that solves the four scaling problems: audit trails, role-based permissions, execution history, and centralised secrets. It consumes ~500 MB versus AWX at ~4 GB. The pragmatic choice for mid-size teams that have outgrown running playbooks from a shared terminal.

March 27, 2024 3 min 273 4.4