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

Roles contain reusable files, tasks, handlers, and artifacts for a specific purpose. 

Roles only provide metadata resources to the playbooks.

Roles are the same as tasks but are used for specific services.

Roles use a configuration file called `roles.yml`.

Which statement best describes the purpose of roles in Ansible? 

Which statement best describes the purpose of roles in Ansible?

Which `ansible-vault` parameter is used to change a password?

Which <code>ansible-vault</code> parameter is used to change a password?

What are the three types of output formats for the `ansible-inventory` command?

What are the three types of output formats for the <code>ansible-inventory</code> command?

Which module is the best way to install packages in modern Red Hat Linux systems?

Which module is the best way to install packages in modern Red Hat Linux systems?

The `callback` plugin specifies the Ansible target node or inventory group.

The `callback` plugin is mandatory, and we need to have at least one active `callback` plugin.

The `callback` plugin is powered by artificial intelligence.

The `callback` plugins enhance the output of running playbooks for various purposes. 

Which statement accurately describes the `callback` plugin in Ansible? 

Which statement accurately describes the <code>callback</code> plugin in Ansible?

Take a short quiz to test your understanding of the Ansible language.

Getting Started

Ansible Language

Ansible for Linux

Ansible Troubleshooting

Appendix: Ansible Installation

Conclusion

Quiz: Ansible Language