Learn Ansible from scratch or update an existing project? Automate your System Administrator's day-to-day tasks with the Ansible Open Source IT automation tool.

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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.

Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible

It generates the runtime exception: `An exception occurred during task execution`.

It outputs a customized message on the screen. For example: `"ping": "up and running"`.

It outputs the following message on the screen: `"ping": "pong"`.

It is not a valid value for the parameter.

What is the purpose of the `data: crash` parameter in the Ansible `ping` module?

What is the purpose of the <code>data: crash</code> parameter in the Ansible <code>ping</code> module?

The message can't be visible to the user.

By executing the playbook using the `-v` parameter in the `ansbile-playbook` command.

By executing the playbook using the `-vv` parameter with the `ansbile-playbook` command. 

How can we print `"Debug message"` by executing the following Ansible playbook?

```
---
- name: debug module demo
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: debug message
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "Debug message"
        verbosity: 2
```

How can we print <code>&quot;Debug message&quot;</code> by executing the following Ansible playbook?
<pre><code>---
- name: debug module demo
 hosts: all
 tasks:
 - name: debug message
 ansible.builtin.debug:
 msg: &quot;Debug message&quot;
 verbosity: 2
</code></pre>

It adds the line `192.168.1.99` to the `/tmp/testfile` file. It creates the file if it does not exist.

It deletes the line `192.168.1.99` from the `/tmp/testfile` file.

It connects to the `192.168.1.99` target host.

It creates an empty `/tmp/testfile` file if it does not exist.

What does the following Ansible playbook do?

```
---
- name: lineinfile module demo
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: lineinfile test
      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
        path: /tmp/testfile
        line: 192.168.1.99
        create: yes
```

What does the following Ansible playbook do?
<pre><code>---
- name: lineinfile module demo
 hosts: all
 tasks:
 - name: lineinfile test
 ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
 path: /tmp/testfile
 line: 192.168.1.99
 create: yes
</code></pre>

It reads the content of the file named `/usercode/example.txt`.

It deletes a file named `/usercode/example.txt`.

It creates a file named `/usercode/example.txt` with the `Example` text inside.

It creates a file named `Example` with the `/usercode/example.txt` text inside.

What does the following Ansible code do?

```
---
- name: copy module demo
  hosts: all
  tasks:
  - name: copy test
    ansible.builtin.copy:
      dest: "/usercode/example.txt"
      content: Example
```

What does the following Ansible code do?
<pre><code>---
- name: copy module demo
 hosts: all
 tasks:
 - name: copy test
 ansible.builtin.copy:
 dest: &quot;/usercode/example.txt&quot;
 content: Example
</code></pre>

How can the `ls -al *` command be executed on a Linux remote host without errors?

How can the <code>ls -al *</code> command be executed on a Linux remote host without errors?

Take a short quiz to test your understanding of Ansible for Linux.

Getting Started

Ansible Language

Ansible for Linux

Ansible Troubleshooting

Appendix: Ansible Installation

Conclusion

Quiz: Ansible for Linux