Stackweaver blog

Practical notes on infrastructure automation.

Comparisons, workflows and the decisions behind running Ansible and OpenTofu as a team.

Available as SaaS, or self-hosted with Docker Compose or Helm.

6 articles

Stackweaver / Vision

Why I'm building Stackweaver

My vision for an infrastructure automation platform people can use on their own terms, with a business built on expertise.

Ansible / Comparisons

AWX alternatives: Stackweaver vs Ansible Automation Platform

Compare Stackweaver with Red Hat AAP for team Ansible automation, OpenTofu workspaces and repeatable infrastructure workflows.

AI agents / GitOps / Ansible / OpenTofu

Infrastructure automation with AI agents: keeping the work in Git

How Stackweaver connects AI agents to reviewable infrastructure workflows through documented interfaces and Git.

Ansible / Tutorial

Run and schedule an Ansible playbook from a web UI

Take a small Ansible playbook from Git to a manual run and a recurring schedule in Stackweaver, with output you can check before using real infrastructure.

Ansible / OpenTofu / Comparisons

Stackweaver vs Semaphore UI: one platform for Ansible and OpenTofu

Compare Stackweaver and Semaphore UI for Ansible jobs, OpenTofu state and change approvals, with practical examples of the team workflow.

OpenTofu / Comparisons

Terraform Cloud alternatives: OpenTofu and Ansible with Stackweaver

Review infrastructure plans and manage OpenTofu state alongside Ansible jobs in Stackweaver. A practical alternative to separate automation platforms.

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