The latest articles on Forem by Femi (@oofemi). https://forem.com/oofemi https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3870568%2F4a913260-4184-4308-b879-4b39d49abd6d.jpeg https://forem.com/oofemi en Femi Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:11:19 +0000 https://forem.com/oofemi/the-proof-of-work-with-ansible-2jm1 https://forem.com/oofemi/the-proof-of-work-with-ansible-2jm1 <p>Seeing "changed=1" is the most satisfying feeling in DevOps. 🚀<br> ​I just finished building a playbook that handles the full onboarding of a new admin user across multiple Ubuntu servers simultaneously.</p> <p>​The stack:<br> ​Control Node: Ubuntu 24.04 (Brown)<br> ​Managed Nodes: 3x Ubuntu VMs<br> ​Orchestration: Ansible<br> ​Security: SHA-512 Hashing &amp; SSH Key injection</p> <p>​By moving away from manual useradd commands, I’m ensuring that my infrastructure is consistent, secure, and easily reproducible. Every error today was just a lesson in how the Linux shadow file works under the hood.<br> ​Moving one step closer to a full automation 🐧💻</p> <p>​#Ansible #DevOps #SysAdmin #Tech<br> #Infrastructure</p> devops ansible automation linux