# Broken blog links

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/broken-blog-links/10683>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** blog\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/broken-blog-links/10683 "2024-11-04T14:21:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![cavcrosby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/cavcrosby/32/1811_2.png) [@cavcrosby](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cavcrosby)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/broken-blog-links/10683/1 "2024-11-04T14:21:01Z")

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When trying to read the backstory of Ansible from [https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/12/08/the-origins-of-ansible](https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/12/08/the-origins-of-ansible), I found this link to be broken. Sometime later, when clicking on another blog link, [https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-best-practices-essentials](https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-best-practices-essentials), I also found this link to be broken. Was there a recent purge of blog posts, or were these migrated elsewhere?

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**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/broken-blog-links/10683/2 "2024-11-04T15:51:35Z")

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> [@cavcrosby](#):
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> [https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/12/08/the-origins-of-ansible](https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/12/08/the-origins-of-ansible), I found this link to be broken

It was working earlier this year:

> **[The Origins of Ansible](https://web.archive.org/web/20240223204426/https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/12/08/the-origins-of-ansible)**
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> Ever wonder how Ansible came to be? The origins of Ansible can be mostly credited to time spent at Red Hat's Emerging Technologies group.

> [@cavcrosby](#):
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> [https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-best-practices-essentials](https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-best-practices-essentials), I also found this link to be broken

Again it was also working earlier this year:

> **[Ansible Best Practices: The Essentials](https://web.archive.org/web/20240228181727/https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-best-practices-essentials)**
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> Ansible is capable of handling many powerful automation tasks with the flexibility to adapt to many environments and workflows. Learn Ansible best practices and automate everything.