Top products from r/ansible
We found 6 product mentions on r/ansible. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
2. Ansible for DevOps: Server and configuration management for humans
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
3. Ansible: Up and Running: Automating Configuration Management and Deployment the Easy Way
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Oreilly Associates Inc
4. Network Programmability and Automation: Skills for the Next-Generation Network Engineer
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
O Reilly Media
I will take a stab at this one.
Personally, I started by reading Ansible: Up and Running but I would also take a look at Ansible for DevOps: Server and configuration management for humans by /u/geerlingguy who is very active in the community and keeps the book up to date.
I don't think I ever actually finished even half of the book though. It pointed me in the right direction and Ansible was easy enough that I just started creating my first Playbooks and haven't turned back since.
If your company is willing to sponsor training take a look at the relatively new Automation with Ansible course (DO407) which is the official training for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation. I've been running through the Lab guide lately and have been really happy with it so far.
Full disclosure I am the author and publisher but if you are looking to automate Cisco networks I wrote this book as a beginner guide to Ansible, Git, TFS and VS Code for network admins who want to become network devs
https://www.amazon.com/Automate-Your-Network-Introducing-Enterprise-ebook/dp/B07PKDNL78
Good luck
There almost certainly no configuration management system or orchestration system guides that are going to be useful without at least a base understanding of the systems you will be managing.
If you want some base knowledge maybe start with something like this