This site is about our experiences working with IBM Security products, integrating with automation and DevOps tools and best practices for configuration.

In the first series of articles we will describe the installation and integration of Ansible, the IBM Security Python library, IBM Security Ansible Roles and ISAM v9.0.x appliances.

The first system we need is the Ansible control server. My current platform is Centos 7 -64 bit running on VMWare ESXi 5.5. You can choose the Linux O/S and Hypervisor you prefer and adjust the installation instructions to fit.

The second system to build is the Datatier server. This server will host the IBM Security Directory Server and DB2 databases for ISAM.

Along the way I will take a couple of detours to discuss other useful tips that I have come across to automate some of the products I use in the lab for education and research.