Windows and VS code containers for Ansible development tools
The development tools of the Ansible automation software can now be installed in a package that is also available as a Windows or VS code container.
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Red Hat combines the Ansible development tools in one package and also makes this available as a container. This allows Ansible infrastructure automation to be built and managed on non-Red Hat systems, such as Windows, Mac or other non-RPM Linux systems.
The curated package, which is supported by Red Hat, is part of the paid Ansible service and contains the tools for automating and managing the developer infrastructure: Builder, Creator, Developer Environment, Linter, Sing, Pytest and more. The package makes life easier for developers as they no longer have to load individual RPMs and test for dependencies.
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Containers for Windows and VS Code
The Ansible tools can be used as containers under Windows, Mac or Linuxe that are not based on Red Hat. For Windows, Podman or Docker with the Linux subsystem is required. The container also supports the dev container interface in VS Code and can be used here in combination with the Ansible plug-in and the Lightspeed AI from Red Hat.
In November 2024, iX and dpunkt.verlag will host the CLC conference – Continuous Lifecycle/ContainerConf – at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim. Every year since 2014, the event has addressed the most important issues relating to Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Dev(Sec)Ops and GitOps in order to provide answers, expertise and support for everyday project work. From November 12 to 14, this year's CLC will focus on AI-supported DevOps, security and FinOps as well as sustainability.
Highlights from the program
- The AI-supported developer
- Sustainability in the cloud
- Boosting AI Innovation: How AI platforms help to bring your use cases to the street
- OpenTelemetry: What does my distributed system actually do?
- Thinking of a pipeline as a product: modularization, versioning, testing, ...
- The skeleton in the closet: security risks of CI/CD systems
- Workload Identity: The future of secure authentication
Tickets for the conference are available from 1249 euros, the combined ticket for the conference and 1-day workshop costs 1599 euros. The full-day workshops can be booked individually at a price of 649 euros (all prices plus VAT).
There are also plug-ins for the Developer Hub service based on Backstage. Further information can be found in the Ansible blog.
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