--- title: "My Real-World Workflow for Deploying Servers & Workstations" url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-real-world-workflow-for-deploying-servers-workstations-8b8gfkwru source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0OXN35nhas type: video:youtube source: "Learn Linux TV" published: 2026-06-18T17:20:41.228Z updated: 2026-06-18T20:20:03.101Z tags: ["linux", "cicd", "ansible"] reading_time: 28 upvotes: 3 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My Real-World Workflow for Deploying Servers & Workstations **[Learn Linux TV](https://daily.dev/sources/learnlinuxtv)** · 28 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A behind-the-scenes walkthrough of a real-world Linux deployment workflow built on Ansible pull mode. The author demonstrates their custom automation system called Config-a-ma-jig, which applies 300+ configuration changes to fresh Linux installs. The video covers deploying a Debian server on Linode and a Fedora workstation using a kickstart script, plus key design philosophies: treating automation as an ongoing process, using CI/CD with reference servers before promoting to production, leveraging variables for cross-distro flexibility, and maintaining consistent naming conventions and directory structures. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to design infrastructure automation that scales from fresh install to production](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-design-infrastructure-automation-that-scales-from-fresh-install-to-production-wiem2usuv) · All Things Open · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hands on Automation with Ansible](https://daily.dev/posts/hands-on-automation-with-ansible-gtee8vdg5) · Faun · 25 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#ansible](https://daily.dev/tags/ansible) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-real-world-workflow-for-deploying-servers-workstations-8b8gfkwru)