I’m writing a simple utility for manage the /etc/hosts file. I want it in a native language so I can make it SUID, or even better, to lock it down via capabilities. I want to remember how to code in rust. Once I get a simple bit working, I want to refactor. Here’s what I did.
Continue readingAfter some discussion with Bill Nottingham I got a little further along with what it would take to integrate Ansible Tower and FreeIPA. Here are the notes from that talk.
Continue readingAnsible is a workflow engine. I use it to do work on my behalf.
FreeIPA is an identity management system. It allows me to manage the identities of users in my organization
How do I get the two things to work together? The short answer is that it is trivial to do using Ansible Engine. It is harder to do using Ansible tower.
Edit: Second part is here. Third part is coming.
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