Automation with Ansible(DO407)

Automation with Ansible (DO407)

 Course overview

Through hands-on labs, students will learn to automate system administration tasks on managed hosts with Ansible, learn how to write Ansible playbooks to standardize task execution, centrally manage playbooks and schedule recurring execution through a web interface with Ansible Tower. Students will also learn to manage encryption for Ansible with Ansible Vault, deploy Ansible Tower and use it to manage systems, and use Ansible in a DevOps environment with Vagrant.   

Course content summary

• Install and troubleshoot Ansible on central nodes and managed hosts

• Use Ansible to run ad-hoc commands and playbooks to automate tasks

• Write effective Ansible playbooks

• Protect encrypted data needed for tasks with Ansible Vault

• Use Ansible Tower to more easily manage enterprise Ansible deployments

• Work with Ansible in conjunction with Vagrant in a DevOps environment

Outline for this course

Course introduction

      Introduce and review the course.

Introduce Ansible

      Describe the terminology and architecture of Ansible.

Deploy Ansible

      Install Ansible and run ad hoc commands.

Implement playbooks

      Write Ansible plays and execute a playbook.

Manage variables and inclusions

      Describe variable scope and precedence, manage variables and facts in a play, and manage inclusions.

Implement task control

      Manage task control, handlers, and tags in Ansible playbooks.

Implement Jinja2 templates

      Implement a Jinja2 template.

Implement roles

      Create and manage roles.

Configure complex playbooks

      Configure connection types, delegations, and parallelism.

Implement Ansible Vault

      Manage encryption with Ansible Vault.

Troubleshoot Ansible

      Troubleshoot the Ansible control machine and managed nodes.

Implement Ansible Tower

      Implement Ansible Tower.

Implement Ansible in a DevOps environment

      Implement Ansible in a DevOps environment using Vagrant.

Comprehensive review

      Review tasks from the Automation with Ansible course.