Ansible turns drift-prone configuration into reviewed playbooks: essential when Linux, Windows, network, and cloud APIs all need the same audit trail. Where Terraform declares what infrastructure exists, Ansible declares how hosts and clusters are configured: idempotently over SSH or WinRM without a permanent agent.
We use Ansible across hybrid environments spanning Linux, Windows, network gear and SaaS APIs: usually as the configuration partner to a Terraform-built foundation, sometimes standalone for legacy fleets that aren't going anywhere fast.
A small set of disciplines that make playbooks survive the team that wrote them.
Reusable roles with documented inputs, sane defaults and Molecule tests. Internal collections version common patterns so playbooks stay short and readable.
Plays run from Ansible Automation Platform (Tower / AWX), not from a laptop. RBAC, scheduling, surveys and a real audit trail come for free; no SSH keys live on engineers' machines.
Lint, syntax checks, ansible-lint and Molecule tests run on every pull request. Production playbooks ship through the same CI/CD pipeline as application code: and live next to the Terraform that built the targets.
Configuration management isn't glamorous, but configuration drift is the silent cost driver in most hybrid environments. We make drift the exception, not the default.
You are starting Ansible from scratch and want roles, collections, CI and a controller in place before the first production play.
You have hundreds of hand-configured VMs and a "don't touch it" reputation. We codify the existing state, then refactor it.
You need CIS, BSI or sector-specific hardening across Linux and Windows hosts: applied, validated and reported on a schedule.
Molecule, ansible-lint and integration tests on every change. Playbooks don't reach production untested.
ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and NEN 4400-1 certified: Vault for secrets, signed roles, and least-privilege controllers.
We pair with your team and leave behind documented patterns and a controller they can run themselves.
The Factory is a Dutch cloud consultancy based in Rijswijk (Zuid-Holland). We work with organisations across the Randstad (Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Eindhoven), and with customers elsewhere in the European Union. Our architects and platform engineers operate in Dutch and English, with experience on AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.
Mostly mid-size and enterprise organisations across the Netherlands: in financial services, public sector, healthcare, education, industry, and SaaS. Engagements range from a short cloud assessment to long-running managed cloud operations.
The Factory B.V.
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2288 GM Rijswijk, The Netherlands
info@thefactory.nl
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