Ansible Consulting

MeteorOps provides Ansible Consulting services to help you adopt best-practices, save costs, stabilize, and scale-up your operation.
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Last Updated:
September 6, 2024
common challenges

Most Ansible Implementations Look Like This

Months spent searching for a Ansible expert with experience.

Risk of hiring the wrong Ansible expert after all that time and effort.

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Not enough work to justify a full-time Ansible expert hire.

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Full-time is too expensive when part-time assistance in Ansible would suffice.

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Constant management required until the Ansible expert is comfortable.

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Collecting technical debt by doing Ansible yourself.

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Difficulty finding an agency specialized in Ansible that meets expectations.

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Development slows down because Ansible tasks are neglected.

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Frequent context-switches when managing Ansible.

There's an easier way
the meteorops method

Flexible capacity of talented Ansible Engineers

Save time and costs on mastering and implementing Ansible.
How? Like this 👇

Free Project Planning: We dive into your goals and current state to prepare before a kickoff.

2-hour Onboarding: We prepare the Ansible expert before the kickoff based on the work plan.

Focused Kickoff Session: We review the Ansible work plan together and choose the first steps.

Pay-as-you-go: Use our capacity when you need it, none of that retainer nonsense.

Build Rapport: Work with the same Ansible expert through the entire engagement.

Experts On-Demand: Get new experts from our team when you need specific knowledge or consultation.

We Don't Sleep: Just kidding we do sleep, but we can flexibly hop on calls when you need.

Top 0.7% of Ansible specialists: Work with the same Ansible specialist through the entire engagement.

Ansible Expertise: Our Ansible experts bring experience and insights from multiple companies.

Shared Slack Channel: This is where we update and discuss the Ansible work.

Weekly Ansible Syncs: Discuss our progress, blockers, and plan the next Ansible steps with a weekly cycle.

Weekly Ansible Sync Summary: After every Ansible sync we send a summary of everything discussed.

Ansible Progress Updates: As we work, we update on Ansible progress and discuss the next steps with you.

Ad-hoc Calls: When a video call works better than a chat, we hop on a call together.

Free consultations with Ansible experts: Get guidance from our architects on an occasional basis.

PROCESS

How it works?

It's simple!

You tell us about your Ansible needs + important details.

We turn it into a work plan (before work starts).

An Ansible expert starts working with you! 🚀

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Small Ansible optimizations, or a full Ansible implementation - Our Ansible Consulting & Hands-on Service covers it all.

We can start with a quick brainstorming session to discuss your needs around Ansible.

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Ansible Requirements Discussion

Meet & discuss the existing system, and the desired result after implementing the Ansible Solution.

2

Ansible Solution Overview

Meet & Review the proposed solutions, the trade-offs, and modify the Ansible implementation plan based on your inputs.

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Match with the Ansible Expert

Based on the proposed Ansible solution, we match you with the most suitable Ansible expert from our team.

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Ansible Implementation

The Ansible expert starts working with your team to implement the solution, consulting you and doing the hands-on work at every step.

FEATURES

What's included in our Ansible Consulting Service?

Your time is precious, so we perfected our Ansible Consulting Service with everything you need!

🤓 An Ansible Expert consulting you

We hired 7 engineers out of every 1,000 engineers we vetted, so you can enjoy the help of the top 0.7% of Ansible experts out there

🧵 A custom Ansible solution suitable to your company

Our flexibile process ensures a custom Ansible work plan that is based on your requirements

🕰️ Pay-as-you-go

You can use as much hours as you'd like:
Zero, a hundred, or a thousand!
It's completely flexible.

🖐️ An Ansible Expert doing hands-on work with you

Our Ansible Consulting service extends beyond just planning and consulting, as the same person consulting you joins your team and implements the recommendation by doing hands-on work

👁️ Perspective on how other companies use Ansible

Our Ansible experts have worked with many different companies, seeing multiple Ansible implementations, and are able to provide perspective on the possible solutions for your Ansible setup

🧠 Complementary Architect's input on Ansible design and implementation decisions

On top of a Ansible expert, an Architect from our team joins discussions to provide advice and factor enrich the discussions about the Ansible work plan
What Our Clients Say

Testimonials

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Working with MeteorOps was exactly the solution we looked for. We met a professional, involved, problem solving DevOps team, that gave us an impact in a short term period.

Tal Sherf
Tech Operation Lead
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Optival
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Good consultants execute on task and deliver as planned. Better consultants overdeliver on their tasks. Great consultants become full technology partners and provide expertise beyond their scope.
I am happy to call MeteorOps my technology partners as they overdelivered, provide high-level expertise and I recommend their services as a very happy customer.

Gil Zellner
Infrastructure Lead
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HourOne AI
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You guys are really a bunch of talented geniuses and it's a pleasure and a privilege to work with you.

Maayan Kless Sasson
Head of Product
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iAngels
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Thanks to MeteorOps, infrastructure changes have been completed without any errors. They provide excellent ideas, manage tasks efficiently, and deliver on time. They communicate through virtual meetings, email, and a messaging app. Overall, their experience in Kubernetes and AWS is impressive.

Mike Ossareh
VP of Software
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Erisyon
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I was impressed at how quickly they were able to handle new tasks at a high quality and value.

Joseph Chen
CPO
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FairwayHealth
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They have been great at adjusting and improving as we have worked together.

Paul Mattal
CTO
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Jaide Health
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Nguyen is a champ. He's fast and has great communication. Well done!

Ido Yohanan
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Embie
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I was impressed with the amount of professionalism, communication, and speed of delivery.

Dean Shandler
Software Team Lead
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Skyline Robotics
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We got to meet Michael from MeteorOps through one of our employees. We needed DevOps help and guidance and Michael and the team provided all of it from the very beginning. They did everything from dev support to infrastructure design and configuration to helping during Production incidents like any one of our own employees. They actually became an integral part of our organization which says a lot about their personal attitude and dedication.

Amir Zipori
VP R&D
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Taranis
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They are very knowledgeable in their area of expertise.

Mordechai Danielov
CEO
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Bitwise MnM
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From my experience, working with MeteorOps brings high value to any company at almost any stage. They are uncompromising professionals, who achieve their goal no matter what.

David Nash
CEO
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Gefen Technologies AI
THE FULL PICTURE

You need An Ansible Expert who knows other stuff as well

Your company needs an expert that knows more than just Ansible.
Here are some of the tools our team is experienced with.

success stories and proven results

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USEFUL INFO

A bit about Ansible

Things you need to know about Ansible before using any Ansible Consulting company

What is Ansible?

Ansible is a powerful automation tool that streamlines tasks like configuration management, application deployment, and continuous integration. With its simple, yet effective approach, businesses can ensure consistency and scalability across their infrastructure.

What is Configuration Management?

Configuration Management tools help maintain a system in a desired state, and are mostly used to manage files, directories and various installations on an operating system, usually on multiple servers at once. They do so using code and configuration that is applied to different groups of servers. In some cases the Configuration Management tools are used to provision infrastructure, deploy applications, and manage the execution and configuration of various scripts.

Why use Configuration Management?

With the rise of Infrastructure-as-Code tools for provisioning infrastructure (such as Terraform), and Orchestration tools for running containers (such as Kubernetes), the need for Configuration Management decreased as it was used mostly to configure Operating Systems and provision resources.

However, there are still use-cases where companies manage the servers' Operating System directly, and they do so using Configuration Management tools.

A number of examples where managing the servers directly is required:

  1. Bare-Metal or On-Premise servers
    Can't provision infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code tools (such as Terraform), and can't use fully-managed services for orchestration such as Kubernetes.
    In such cases Configuration Management tools will be used to manage groups of servers, install the applications' dependencies & configuration, and perhaps even install an orchestration tool such as Kubernetes.
  2. Specific system requirements
    A given company might choose not to use an orchestration tool as a result of specific system requirements.
    An example would be a company that provides an SDK that communicates with the company's servers, and is implemented in clients' apps and systems, with a requirement by the clients that the SDK takes less than 5ms to respond.
    In that case the networking toll orchestration systems like Kubernetes have on every request will be unacceptable, and so that company will be forced to optimize for a very simple network topology with minimal "hops" between different parts of the system.

There is also the case where companies started with Configuration Management as their main way of building a platform for the developers, and the coupling to the Configuration Management tool became too complicated to be worth "untangling" in the short-term or even mid-term.

Why use Ansible?

As the need for automation tools rises, Ansible has many advantages to offer:

  • Ansible is easy to learn and use, with a simple, human-readable language and a clear, organized structure for tasks and playbooks
  • It is highly flexible and can be used for a wide range of automation tasks, from simple command execution to complex multi-tier deployments
  • Ansible is agentless, which means it does not require any additional software to be installed on managed systems
  • It uses SSH for communication, making it secure and easy to set up, with no firewalls or additional ports to open
  • Ansible can be integrated with other tools, such as Jenkins for continuous integration and delivery, and can be extended through the use of modules and plugins
  • It has a large and active community of users and developers, providing a wide variety of resources, documentation, and support
  • Ansible is platform independent and can be run on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and supports a wide range of operating systems and devices.

Why get our help with Ansible?

Our past experience using Ansible on multiple projects includes:

  • Implemented automated provisioning of servers on AWS, reducing server setup time from days to minutes
  • Utilized Ansible for configuration management of servers, resulting in a more consistent and reliable infrastructure
  • Deployed multiple applications and services using Ansible, including rolling updates and rollbacks for seamless and efficient deployments
  • Implemented automated scaling of infrastructure based on load and resource usage, improving cost efficiency and performance
  • Integrated Ansible with Jenkins for continuous integration and delivery, streamlining code changes and deployments
  • Hardened servers and infrastructure using Ansible to comply with security and regulatory standards
  • Automated monitoring and remediation of infrastructure and application issues, resulting in faster resolution times and improved uptime
  • Created custom Ansible scripts and modules to automate specific tasks and processes, increasing efficiency and reducing manual labor
  • Provisioned development and test environments using Ansible, resulting in faster and more consistent environments
  • Implemented automated disaster recovery and backups using Ansible, improving data protection and recovery times.

How can we help you with Ansible?

Some of the things we can offer you with Ansible:

  • Use Ansible to set-up the configuration, files, and processes of newly provisioned VMs
  • Manage the execution of Ansible using Jenkins
  • Hierarchically configure multiple environments using Ansible's templating
  • Adopt best-practices to optimize the performance, stability and modularity of your Ansible codebase
  • Utilize Ansible in conjunction with Jenkins for automated continuous integration and deployment
  • Incorporate Ansible into a Kubernetes infrastructure for streamlined container orchestration
  • Implement Ansible for infrastructure provisioning in conjunction with Terraform
  • Implement Ansible in conjunction with Prometheus and Grafana for real-time monitoring and visualizing of IT infrastructure
  • Integrate Ansible with Slack for streamlined communication and collaboration within the DevOps team
  • Utilize Ansible in combination with GitLab for end-to-end automation of the software development lifecycle
  • Incorporate Ansible as a configuration management tool in conjunction with Docker for containerized application deployment