Automation is what separates people who do the same work twice from people who do it once. This category covers Ansible for configuration management, n8n for workflow orchestration, PowerShell and Bash scripting, GitHub Actions and self-hosted CI, and the glue code that holds real infrastructure together. Every tutorial is built around a live use case: deploying a homelab, syncing across devices, pulling data from one system into another, sending alerts that actually fire when something breaks. If you are tired of clicking the same buttons every week, or you want to turn a manual runbook into something that runs itself, start here.
I standardised security across my Linux fleet in one day using Ansible. Here’s the playbook and how to use enterprise IaC skills in your homelab.
How to Secure Linux Servers with Ansible – Security Baseline Playbook Read More »
Learn Terraform from scratch – HCL, providers, state management, and practical Azure examples. Essential infrastructure as code skills for cloud engineers.
Terraform Fundamentals: Infrastructure as Code Tutorial Read More »
Learn Ansible from scratch – inventory, playbooks, modules, and roles. Automate server configuration without agents. Practical examples for sysadmins.
Ansible Fundamentals: Agentless Configuration Management Tutorial Read More »
Master cron and Windows Task Scheduler for automated script execution. Syntax, examples, error handling, and best practices for sysadmins.
Cron & Task Scheduler: Schedule Scripts on Linux & Windows Read More »
Learn Bash and PowerShell scripting side by side. Variables, loops, conditionals, and practical scripts for Linux and Windows automation.
Scripting Fundamentals: Bash & PowerShell for Sysadmins Read More »
Stop Clicking. Start Automating. The first time I automated a task that used to take me an hour, I felt like I’d discovered magic. A 50-line script that did what I used to do manually, perfectly, every time, while I did something else. From the field: Automation is what separates infrastructure you manage from infrastructure
Automation Fundamentals | Scripting to Infrastructure as Code Read More »
This is day one of something big. ReadTheManual is the new home for hands-on tech learning — homelabs, self-hosted tools, career-focused projects, and a growing community of makers and mentors.
Welcome to ReadTheManual: Day One of Something Big Read More »
