Ansible (GL380)

course

Information

This course covers core Ansible features including: installing and configuring, running ad hoc commands, understanding modules, creating and using playbooks, variables and inclusion, task control, templates, and roles. The course also covers dealing with sensitive data via Ansible Vault, integration with Docker, and troubleshooting.

Audience

The audience for this course is systems administrators desiring to automate provisioning, configuration management, service deployment, and operational processes.

Prerequisites

Experience with Linux shell, text editing, and basic systems administration

Course Outline

Ansible Overview

Why Ansible?
Overview of architecture
Quiz: Architecture
Inventory
Inventory patterns
Inventory plugins
Quiz: Inventory and patterns
Demo: Introducing Ansible

Deploying Ansible

Installing
Demo: Installing Ansible
Configuration files
Demo: Configuration files
Module syntax help
Running ad hoc commands
Demo: Running ad hoc commands
Dynamic inventory
Demo: Dynamic inventory

Lab tasks

Deploying Ansible
Ad hoc commands
Dynamic inventories

Playbooks Basics

Writing YAML files
Playbook structure
Host and task execution order
Command modules
Significant module categories
File manipulation
Network modules
Packaging modules
System storage
Account management
Security
Services
Network automation
Network module

Lab tasks

Playbook basics
Playbooks - command modules
Playbooks - common modules

Variables and Inclusions

Variables
Variables - playbooks
Variables - inventory
Variables - registered
Facts
Demo: Facts
Inclusions

Lab tasks

Variables and facts
Inclusions

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