Ansible Managed Service

We develop Ansible playbooks and roles for every aspect of your server management — base OS configuration, package installation, user management, security hardening, application deployment, monitoring agent setup, and backup configuration. Roles are modular and reusable, following Ansible Galaxy structure and best practices.

Each role is idempotent — running it multiple times produces the same result without side effects. This means you can safely re-run your entire configuration at any time to verify and enforce compliance. Roles include proper error handling, conditional logic for different operating systems, and validation tasks that verify the expected outcome after application.

We manage dynamic inventories that automatically discover and classify your servers. New servers provisioned through Terraform or our hosting API appear in the inventory automatically and receive their baseline configuration within minutes. Decommissioned servers are removed from inventory without manual intervention.

Inventory groups organize servers by role (web, database, cache), environment (development, staging, production), location, and team ownership. Group variables define environment-specific settings — database connection strings, feature flags, resource limits — so the same playbooks deploy to any environment with correct configuration. Sensitive variables are encrypted with Ansible Vault.

Configuration drift is the enemy of reliable infrastructure. We run Ansible in check mode on a daily schedule, comparing actual server state against the desired configuration. Any drift — changed files, missing packages, modified permissions, disabled services — is detected and reported. Critical drift triggers automatic remediation; other drift is flagged for review.

Continuous enforcement prevents the slow decay that happens when engineers make manual changes to fix urgent issues and forget to update the automation. Over time, every manual change gets codified in Ansible, and the automation becomes the authoritative source of configuration truth. New servers are bootstrapped entirely through Ansible — no manual setup steps, no undocumented configuration.

We develop Ansible roles that implement security benchmarks — CIS, STIG, or your organization's custom security policy. These roles configure firewalls, harden SSH, manage user accounts, set file permissions, disable unnecessary services, and enable audit logging. Security compliance is automated, not manual.

Compliance scanning runs alongside configuration enforcement. Reports show which servers are compliant, which have deviations, and what actions are needed to remediate gaps. For regulated environments, Ansible run logs serve as evidence that security controls are applied consistently across your fleet. Auditors see automated, repeatable compliance instead of manual checklists with uncertain coverage.