Puppet to Ansible Migration

This project involved assisting a long-standing SaaS provider with 20 years in business in migrating their configuration management systems from Puppet to Ansible. Their infrastructure, hosted by a cloud service provider, was primarily configured using Puppet, which was being phased out by the provider.

I was responsible for writing Ansible roles and playbooks to deploy new servers, replacing their older infrastructure. This included the replacement of mail servers and several other critical servers.

The primary objectives of this migration were to improve automation efficiency, reduce complexity, and enhance flexibility in managing their IT infrastructure. By transitioning to Ansible, the client benefited from a more straightforward, agentless architecture and better integration with their existing workflows.

The benefits realized from this migration included:

• Increased automation efficiency and reduced complexity in managing IT infrastructure.
• Enhanced flexibility and integration with existing DevOps workflows.
• Streamlined deployment processes for new servers and critical infrastructure components.
• Improved system performance and reliability.
• Reduced dependency on outdated configuration management tools.

Overall, the project successfully addressed the client's requirements and positioned their infrastructure for future scalability and efficiency.