Dariusz Puchalak — Ansible research
Ansible thread’s primary Polish source. OSEC trainer/consultant (RHCA, 25+ yrs Linux sysadmin, 15+ yrs trainer, 10+ yrs with Ansible), banking-IT security specialist. Debian consultants listing: debian.org/consultants/puchalak. Red Hat cert verify: 110-254-448 (RHCA; Ansible Networking, Windows Automation, AAP Management, Best Practices, EX374/447/457/467).
The materials site (found via the talk itself)
https://dariusz.puchalak.net/Ansible/ — plain Apache directory listing, live. Announced on the penultimate slide of OSEC Forum 2023 talk as “Przykłady” (examples). Full inventory:
- Talk PDFs (2017→2025): Ansible Automates 2018 Warszawa; OpenSSH zimowisko 2017; Warsztaty_OpenSSH; Ansible_Advanced_2019; Ansible_Networking; Ansible_OSEC_Forum_2019 (Security automation); Ansible święty graal automatyzacji; Ansible_2022; Jesień Linuksowa Ansible+OpenSSH; Długa ręka Shella; OPenSSH Fu; 2023 bezpieczeństwo czy automatyzacja; 2025 OpoleMeetsAI Automatyzacja Ansible w świecie AI; OSEC Forum 2023 kontener z Ansim; OSEC Forum 2024 ansible-rulebook + cechy i zalety
- Playbook examples (60+): environment.yml (external IP via proxy — from the demo), vars_inclusions.yml (distro diffs in vars — cited on the Roles/Collections slide), handlers*.yml (5 variants incl. imported tasks and order-with-roles), serial.yml/serial2.yml, throttle.yml, check_mode.yml, block_in_block.yml, task_timeout.yml, urlsplit.yml, basename_filter.yml, variable_late_substitution.yml, loop control (looping_over_packages), include_import.txt, execution-environment.yml + dir, Windows_reboot.yml, Zigbee2MQTT.yml (home automation!), ddns_update.yml, ansible.cfg, vimrc, system_card/ and OSEC_Forum_2023/ subdirs
Captured PDFs (assets/docs/ + .txt companions)
puchalak-OSEC_Forum_2024_ansible-rulebook.pdf— Event-Driven Ansible: DO274 course lineage, rulebook components, EDA benefitspuchalak-OSEC_Forum_2024_cechy_i_zalety_Ansible.pdf— “Know Your tools: Zalety i cechy Ansible” — what playbooks/roles can see during execution, logging on controller+managed, security-boundary techniquespuchalak-OSEC_2023_kontener_z_Ansiblem.pdf— the EE-container talk (matches youtube C4zg3mSeQEg)puchalak-Ansible_2022.pdf— 33-page training overview deck
Talks inventory (YouTube)
| Year | Talk | ID |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | OSEC Forum: Dobre praktyki zarządzania ICT (TCO/ROI) + Back to Basics: Advanced OpenSSH Mastery | (recordings pending) |
| 2024 | Know Your tools: Event-Driven Ansible | bJENikneK3I ✓ |
| 2024 | Know Your tools: Zalety i „cechy” Ansible | (recording exists, not yet captured) |
| 2023 | Ansible — przydatne (a mniej znane) narzędzia | 5J6wrBHvwq4 ✓ |
| 2023 | Wszystko co chcesz wiedzieć o pisaniu playbooków/ról | YJW4eoVq-bc ✓ (manual: hyphenated ID breaks capture.py) |
| 2023 | Jesień Linuksowa: kontener pod automatyzację Ansiblem | C4zg3mSeQEg ✓ |
| 2019 | OSEC Forum: Ansible – Security automation | (site PDF only) |
| 2018 | Ansible Automates Warszawa | (site PDF only) |
| 2017 | OpenSSH (zimowisko), + Linux Autumn OpenSSH/Ansible/network tools | (site PDF) |
Verified quotes worth keeping
From 5J6wrBHvwq4 (via search-snippet, full capture pending): callbacks (“dzięki temu kolbekowi ja wszystko zmieściłem na jednym ekranie” — callback_plugins condensing 1000s of lines), profiling callbacks for fork-count optimization, connection parametrization (local vs ssh-to-localhost gotcha), inventory plugins incl. nmap (“automatyzacja pozwoli nam wykryć systemy których nie ma w centralnej bazie wiedzy… to jest dziura w bezpieczeństwie” — argument FOR automation to sec teams).
Open
- (open: 2024 “cechy” talk transcript when needed)
- (open: OpoleMeetsAI 2025 PDF — Ansible in the AI world — fetch if AI×Ansible cluster grows)
- (open: grab more playbook examples from the site as specific topics come up — e.g. handlers.yml for the roles note)*
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