awx vs ansible-pfsense

awx

AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. (by ansible)

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ansible-pfsense

Ansible modules for managing pfSense firewalls (by opoplawski)

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awx		ansible-pfsense
	Project
147	Mentions	2
13,410	Stars	262
1.6%	Growth	-
9.8	Activity	6.0
1 day ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Python	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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awx

Posts with mentions or reviews of awx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.

The Bullhorn #124 (Ansible Newsletter)
6 projects | /r/ansible | 11 Dec 2023

AWX Project ↗
Webhook notifications -> unable to save custom messages
1 project | /r/ansible | 6 Dec 2023

However, when I try to add it is not allowing me to save nor it throws any error. I see one old pull request which seem to address this very issue but I find the issue still persists. https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/8898
AWX / cicso.nxos Module Help
1 project | /r/awx | 6 Dec 2023

I ran into that (or something very similar) a few days ago. For me, I made a new Execution environment and used this image rather than the 'latest' one: quay.io/ansible/awx-ee:23.5.0 and now mine works. ref: https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/14689
The Bullhorn #119 (Ansible Newsletter)
5 projects | /r/ansible | 8 Oct 2023

@elibogomolnyi The EKS reconnect support AWX jobs can't tolerate the EKS scale out & possible fix.
The Bullhorn #114 (Ansible Newsletter)
11 projects | /r/ansible | 3 Sep 2023

We're happy to announce that AWX Version 23.0.0 is now available! We're happy to announce that AWX Operator version 2.5.2 is now available!
[homelab] I am confused with how 3rd-party GUIs interact with my Ansible server
1 project | /r/ansible | 6 Jul 2023
The Bullhorn #107 (Ansible Newsletter)
5 projects | /r/ansible | 30 Jun 2023

AWX Project ↗ AWX
The Bullhorn #106 (Ansible Newsletter)
8 projects | /r/ansible | 22 Jun 2023

2023-07-11: AWX Office hours, 15:00 UTC
External Semaphore/AWX installation?
1 project | /r/ansible | 22 Jun 2023

You can install AWX in a docker-compose environment as well: https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/tools/docker-compose/README.md
Server management software (patching,...)
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 21 Jun 2023

There is a web UI for Ansible called AWX

ansible-pfsense

Posts with mentions or reviews of ansible-pfsense. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Any built in or external tools to automate common tasks?
1 project | /r/PFSENSE | 4 Nov 2021

To expand on what /u/stocksy mentions. It’s a bit ghetto without an API and the main workaround method is done by basically editing the xml configuration that is meant to be left to the PFSense UI to manage as to not break things. Your best bet might be an ansible playbook like so: https://github.com/opoplawski/ansible-pfsense I’d suspect managing PFSense in that way is unsupported and probably not recommended by PFSense and your mileage may vary especially as it might lag behind PFSense releases in getting updates. Use at your own risk.
Enable/Disable VLAN via command line
1 project | /r/PFSENSE | 18 Jan 2021

pfsense was not really designed to be operated from the command line but there is an unofficial ansible project that has some methods for controlling it that way https://github.com/opoplawski/ansible-pfsense

What are some alternatives?

When comparing awx and ansible-pfsense you can also consider the following projects:

awx-operator - An Ansible AWX operator for Kubernetes built with Operator SDK and Ansible. 🤖

Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.

ansible-keepass - Ansible lookup plugin to fetch data from KeePass file

ansible-for-devops - Ansible for DevOps examples.

semaphore - Modern UI for Ansible

dhcpd_to_pfsense - Converts static address mappings from dhcpd.conf (isc-dhcp-server) to config.xml (pfSense)

argo-cd - Declarative Continuous Deployment for Kubernetes

algo - Set up a personal VPN in the cloud

awx-ee - An Ansible execution environment for AWX project

pfFocus - Generate meaningful output from your pfSense configuration backup, like Markdown documentation.

ara - ARA Records Ansible and makes it easier to understand and troubleshoot.

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