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Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible

Gain insights into installing and using Ansible, delve into playbooks and inventory management, and learn about troubleshooting to efficiently automate IT tasks and enhance your IT career.

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In an era of IT environments, automation is no longer a luxury—it's a necessity. Ansible, an open-source IT automation tool, has become a go-to solution for streamlining IT tasks. This comprehensive course aims to equip you with both fundamental and advanced Ansible knowledge. You'll start by installing Ansible, understanding its architecture, and diving into inventory management and playbook creation. Next, you'll explore variables, conditional statements, loops, handlers, roles, and collections. After that, the course dives into Ansible for Linux-specific tasks and troubleshooting techniques to resolve common problems like connection failures, missing parameters, and syntax errors. After completing this course, you'll have gained a robust understanding of Ansible, with the ability to create efficient playbooks, manage inventory, troubleshoot common problems, and automate a wide range of IT tasks. These skills will provide a strong foundation for a thriving career in IT infrastructure management.

In an era of IT environments, automation is no longer a luxury—it's a necessity. Ansible, an open-source IT automation tool, has...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

A working knowledge of Ansible and its practical applications in IT automation

Proficiency in creating playbooks and managing Ansible inventory

Hands-on experience in task automation with Ansible

Capability to troubleshoot and resolve common issues in Ansible

Familiarity with Ansible's key components, including variables, loops, roles, and more

A working knowledge of Ansible and its practical applications in IT automation

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

DevOps

Filesystem

User Management

Networking and Services

Kubernetes API Objects

Application Deployment

Content

46 Lessons4 Quizzes

Getting Started

5 Lessons

Get familiar with Ansible for automating IT infrastructure through practical examples and demonstrations.

Course Introduction

What Is Ansible?

Ansible Architecture

Ansible Ad Hoc Commands

Quiz: Getting Started

Ansible Language

17 Lessons

Unpack the core of Ansible's inventory, playbooks, variables, facts, magic variables, and more.

Quiz: Ansible Language

Exercise: Ansible Language

Solution: Ansible Language

Ansible for Linux

8 Lessons

Work your way through Ansible's essential functions for Linux automation, from testing hosts to file management.

Testing Host Availability

Printing Text or Variables in Ansible

Editing a Text File

Creating a Text File

Executing Commands on the Target Node

Quiz: Ansible for Linux

Exercise: Ansible for Linux

Solution: Ansible for Linux

Ansible Troubleshooting

9 Lessons

Break down the steps to troubleshoot Ansible errors, validate playbooks, and fix playbook issues effectively.

Connection Failed

Missing Module Parameter

Syntax Error

Syntax Verification Tools

Quiz: Ansible Troubleshooting

Exercise: Reading a File with Ansible

Solution: Reading a File with Ansible

Exercise: Fixing Errors in the Playbook

Solution: Fixing Errors in the Playbook

Appendix: Ansible Installation

6 Lessons

Take a closer look at installing Ansible across various platforms and accessing essential resources.

Ansible Packages

Install Ansible on Fedora

Install Ansible on Ubuntu

Install Ansible on Windows

Install Ansible on macOS

Useful Ansible Links

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Focus on combining theory with practice to master Ansible for IT automation.

Conclusion

Deploy a Web Application Using Ansible

Project

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Luca Berton

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