Ansible 100 - Introduction to Ansible

Course Objectives

• Writing and running Ansible playbooks to automate IT tasks and configurations.
• Understanding and creating Ansible inventories to manage hosts and groups.
• Using YAML syntax effectively for creating playbooks and configurations.
• Managing variables and secrets with Ansible Vault for secure automation.
• Leveraging key Ansible modules like copy, file, template, get_url, and uri for various use cases.
• Automating repetitive tasks with loops and refining execution with when conditions.
• Creating roles to modularize and reuse tasks across projects.
• Using Ansible Galaxy to discover, install, and manage collections and roles.
• Building and managing custom Ansible collections for organizing and distributing your own content.
• Implementing error handling and debugging techniques for resilient playbooks.
• Working with Ansible tags to selectively run tasks and playbooks.
• Managing and scaling environments with handlers, listeners, and callback plugins.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning with Ansible modules for cloud providers like AWS and Azure (optional).
• Writing custom Ansible modules using Python to extend functionality.
• Using pip and managing third-party libraries to enhance automation workflows.
• Practicing advanced concepts like Jinja2 templating, lookup plugins, and custom filters.
• Orchestrating complex workflows with Ansible orchestration techniques.