In this module, you will learn the ins and outs of Ansible with the goal of managing and automating your infrastructure and code’s deployment.

DevOps for Developers

Ansible is one of the leading tools for software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. In this module, you will learn the ins and outs of Ansible with the goal of managing and automating your infrastructure and code’s deployment.

You will learn how to set up a docker environment, connect with cloud providers like AWS and Azure, manage infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Ansible, and lastly how to automate configuration and state management processes. Throughout each section, you will dive into the fundamentals of Ansible through practical and real-world scenarios.

By the end, you will have a great new skill that will open a lot of doors for you like cloud computing and DevOps. This will definitely be a good tool to put on your resume and will help you further your career.

Ansible

Which Ansible command would output a list of hosts from an inventory by groups?

Which Ansible command would output a list of hosts from an inventory by groups?

Which optional parameter is needed to run the Ansible command when the variables are encrypted with Ansible Vault?

Which optional parameter is needed to run the Ansible command when the variables are encrypted with Ansible Vault?

Which plugins do you use to create dynamic inventories in Azure and AWS?

Which plugins do you use to create dynamic inventories in Azure and AWS?

Which dynamic inventory feature would you use to generate groups with dynamic names?

Which dynamic inventory feature would you use to generate groups with dynamic names?

Test yourself on creating dynamic inventories for scaling.

Test yourself on creating dynamic inventories for scaling.

Test your understanding and knowledge of how to create and manage dynamic inventories using AWS and Azure.

Before We Begin

Getting Started

Ansible Development with Containers

Connect to the Cloud

Starting at the Source

Getting Started with Ad-Hoc Commands and Playbooks

Deploy an Ansible Development Environment

Putting the Ansible Environment to Work

Take Inventory of the Infrastructure

Build Reusable Configurations

Dynamic Inventories for Scaling

Build a CI \ CD pipeline for Ansible with Github Actions

Appendix

Conclusion

Quiz on Dynamic Inventories