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Composing systems in an automated way with Ansible, Podman, and bootc

February 2, 2026 - Gent, BE

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Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers

January 20, 2026

Yesterday, I passed the Red Hat EX188 exam, which allowed me to renew my Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers certification.

I had a very good memory of this exam from the last time I took it, so I was happy to go through it again. Different from last time, I did encounter some difficulties with the last exercise, which was a little surprising to me, since the last time I found it testing the same capabilities as a walk in the park, but maybe this time I simply started with the wrong foot. This obviously had no major impact on my exam, allowing me to easily achieve and exceed the required score to pass.

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Red Hat EX374 exam

November 13, 2025

Earlier this month, I sat the Red Hat EX374 exam to renew my Red Hat Certified Specialist in Developing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform certification. As I’m already a Red Hat Certified Architect and have passed this same exam a couple of years ago, I wasn’t too worried about it. Still, it is always interesting to see how exams evolve.

When I registered for the exam, I quickly checked the Objectives and remembered that it covered both Ansible core content (playbooks, modules, roles) and a lot of Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) capabilities, such as controllers, collections, and execution environments.

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Leverage Event Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction time

November 5, 2025 - Whittlebury, GB

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Simplifying container orchestration with Ansible and Podman

November 5, 2025 - Whittlebury, GB

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Red Hat EX457 exam

August 31, 2025

Last week, I renewed my Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation (EX457) certification. As I’m already a Red Hat Certified Architect and have passed this same exam a couple of years ago, I wasn’t too worried about it. Still, it is always interesting to see how exams evolve.

Since I did not remember the kind of content that was there last time, I read the objectives page and assumed it would have been more on the networking side. But, in reality, the exam leaned much more toward Ansible playbooks, modules, and automation patterns than network-specific plumbing.

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Ansible automation for work and for fun

June 13, 2025 - Brno, CZ

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Simplifying container orchestration with Ansible and Podman

June 13, 2025 - Brno, CZ

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Your fast track to IT automation genius with AWS and Red Hat

June 13, 2025 - ,

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Packaging Session

June 7, 2025 - Praha, CZ

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