Ansible (GL380)
Course code
H8Q13S
Duration
3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours
Course Overview
Objectives
Prerequisites
Course Outline
Course Overview
Overview
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.
Objectives
Course Objectives
During this course, students will learn:
- Installing and configuring, running ad hoc commands, understanding modules, creating and using playbooks, variables and inclusion, task control, templates, and roles.
Prerequisites
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
Detailed 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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Ansible (GL380)
Course code:
H8Q13S
Duration:
3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours
