This summer I got to teach an #ansible workshop. I decided to write on getting set up for it, because it went pretty sideways at the beginning but ended up working out perfectly well.

https://blog.passwordclass.xyz/posts/2025-08-21-my-smartos-live-demo-failure-and-success/

First release:

I wrote an Ansible connection-plugin to automate FreeBSD Jails via their host, by utilizing jls and jexec to run automation via a SSH connection to the FreeBSD host.

I released that on GitHub https://github.com/chofstede/ansible_jailexec
And on my Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/ansible_jailexec

Released under a BSD license.

This enables seamless automation of FreeBSD jails without needing a SSH connection to the Jails themselves.

#freebsd #jails #ansible #redhat #opensource #bsd #automation #devops

I've just published version 25.7.1 of 'kpfleming.systemd_networkd', my collection of Ansible roles for managing systemd-networkd configuration. New in this release are a half-dozen 'advanced' features in the 'network' role, along with a new 'bridge' role. Most of these changes originated from my recent project to switch to DHCPv6-PD on my home network, and also eliminate the standalone DHCPv4 servers I was using.

If you're an Ansible user and use systemd-networkd on your managed machines, take a look! Here's an example of a moderately-complex configuration:

https://github.com/kpfleming/ansible-systemd-networkd#examples

I've got more complex ones if you're really interested 🙂

#Ansible #systemd #networking #systemd-networkd