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Go from zero to automating against network hosts with Ansible playbooks in this Ascender quick start guide. Greg starts by explains the why and how of connecting to network host. He closes by taking a fresh Ascender install and: adding networking hosts to an inventory, adding a project to bring in playbooks, creating credentials, creating...

Go from zero to automating against Linux hosts with Ansible playbooks in this Ascender quick start guide. Greg takes a fresh Ascender install and: adds networking hosts to an inventory, creates a job template, creates credentials, runs a piece of automation, and then reviews it. This demo will be patching a Rocky system via automation,...

Ascender Ledger is a purpose built logging collection tool designed to work with Ascender or really any tool derived from the upstream Ansible AWX project. It collects facts, has a browsable database, and can generate reports for scheduled information. Greg takes a tour of the interface and covers a few of its benefits!

Ascender, based on open source Ansible AWX, governs automation of Rocky Linux workloads and other infrastructure at an enterprise level. In this demo, we’ll show you how to use Ascender to back up network configurations to a git repository. The process includes storing the network configuration in standard CLI format within a git repository. When...

Ascender, based on open source Ansible AWX, governs automation of Rocky Linux workloads and other infrastructure at an enterprise level. With Ascender, a single administrator can apply complex patches, security hardening standards or other changes to a fleet of servers or other devices—with the click of a button or an API call. Ascender’s web-based GUI...

Ascender, based on open source Ansible AWX, governs automation of Rocky Linux workloads and other infrastructure at an enterprise level. With Ascender, a single administrator can apply complex patches, security hardening standards or other changes to a fleet of servers or other devices—with the click of a button or an API call. Ascender’s web-based GUI...

An extremely common ask from customers with automation, is “how do I make it easier for my users to consume.” My answer to that is often “why not make it invisible to the end users?” Using an ITSM like ServiceNow(SNOW) users can make a request that is ultimately fulfilled via automation like CIQ’s Ascender. In...