CfgMgmtCamp 2026 Ghent

The Director's Cut: A new role for Ansible in Foreman
2026-02-03, 14:00–14:50, B.1.031

Ansible has long been a cornerstone of configuration management in the Foreman ecosystem.
While the existing integration offers robust capabilities, users have expressed desire for DevOps workflows.

In this talk, we will introduce a reimagined Ansible integration, designed to address these needs.
This new approach brings advanced features, such as

  • version control integration,
  • isolated execution environments and
  • lifecycle management.

For Foreman users and developers alike, this talk gives an overview of "foreman_ansible_director", ATIX's new Ansible integration for Foreman.
This overview consists of our design decisions, lessons learned during development, a look ahead and a live demo!

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Thorben is a software engineer on the orcharhino team at ATIX AG near Munich.

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