This hands-on training session provides an overview of Ansible and Ansible Tower with the goal of understanding how they work together to simplify automation for NetApp storage solutions. Technologies include NetApp ONTAP and SolidFire virtual storage appliances, ESXi and vCenter, OpenShift, GitLab, and Infoblox. Sample integrations include storage provisioning, host-side configuration to access presented storage, IP allocation/DNS reservations, and deployment of an application using an Ansible workflow. This session walks through automating the following tasks:
- NetApp ONTAP and NetApp SolidFire configuration
- Provisioning block and file storage to VMware and Linux
- Orchestrating storage provisioning tasks into an application deployment workflow
- Persistent volume orchestration with NetApp Trident
- Whiteboard session to map out workflows