IDUG EMEA 2026

As Db2 environments grow in complexity, traditional shell scripting often reaches its limits in maintainability and modern DevOps integration. This session serves as a high-level roadmap for Db2 administrators and developers to leverage Python and Ansible for modernizing their daily workflows. We will explore foundational database connectivity using the ibm_db driver and demonstrate how to transition from static text logs to interactive analysis using Pandas for efficient data wrangling and visualization. By utilizing modern tools like Jupyter Notebooks for exploration and Visual Studio Code for development, we will discuss the benefits of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in creating modular, reusable connector classes. Finally, the presentation dives into the DevOps world, showing how to extend Ansiblethrough custom filter, action, and lookup plugins to build flexible, database-driven automation frameworks.
Key Presentation Highlights:
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