Course Outline
Fundamentals of Ansible
- Origins of Ansible and the motivation behind its creation
- Comparative analysis with Saltstack and alternative tools
- Key advantages and inherent constraints of Ansible
Practical Demonstrations
- Automating the setup of an Apache server
- Handling and tracking configuration changes
Mastering Playbooks
- Defining and utilizing roles
- Importing and including content
- Managing variables
- Applying filters
- Implementing conditional logic
- Iterating with loops
- Using Accelerated Mode
- Executing asynchronous tasks
- Controlling parallelism with pooling
- Simulating changes with Dry Run
- Handling delegation, rolling updates, and local actions
- Implementing error handling mechanisms
- Utilizing lookup plugins
- Managing user prompts
- Organizing tasks with tags
- Securing data with Vault
- Interactively executing playbooks
Module Administration
- Procedures for installing modules
- Review of frequently utilized modules
Additional Topics
- Exploring Ansible Galaxy
- Integrating the AWX Project
- Developing testing methodologies
- Mastery of YAML syntax
Requirements
Proficiency in Linux and Unix system administration is a prerequisite for this course.
Testimonials (7)
Trainer knowledge in the subject was very Good.
Fayaz - Skillsoft
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
Stay positive and excited as you are. It was the best training experience in my career!!
Mateusz Feliszewski - Global Knowledge Network Training Limited
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
Methodology theory and practice.
DAVID ARENAS FRANCO - SGS GULF LIMITED
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
The knowledge and helpfulness of the trainer.
Graham Gill - Global Knowledge
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
Staring at the complete begin, and building up slowly with a lot of examples
Jeroen Ledeboer - Global Knowledge
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
That the trainer gave as tasks to try or to guess what is the solution is (instead of presenting the solutions).
Jeannette Eichholz
Course - Managing Configuration with Ansible
The most thing I liked was how this training was organized. It was interactive and we had access to the training's solutions and there was no need to ask for help at minor issues. This Titus could focus on major issues.
