Configuration Management with Ansible
Learning Objectives
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Introduction: This Configuration Management with Ansible course arms participants with the skills to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment using Ansible.
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Learning Objectives and Outcomes:
- Understand the fundamentals of Ansible, including its history and how it fits into the current state of IT automation.
- Gain proficiency in the Ansible framework and its approach to configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Learn the essentials of Ansible deployment, including installation, configuration, and managing inventory and architecture.
- Master executing ad-hoc commands and writing Ansible playbooks for task automation.
- Acquire the ability to define and use variables, facts, conditionals, loops, and handlers within Ansible playbooks.
- Develop skills in creating and managing reusable code through Ansible roles, including role creation and dependency management.
- Learn to secure sensitive data using Ansible Vault and manage secrets within Ansible playbooks.
- Explore Ansible Galaxy to find, share, and reuse community-developed roles and collections.
- Optimize performance and efficiency in Ansible playbooks through best practices and techniques such as forks, tags, and Jinja2 templating.
- Conduct playbook dry-runs to verify code before pushing changes and understand how to troubleshoot common issues and optimize playbook performance.
Target Audience
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Koenig Solutions' Ansible course teaches efficient IT automation and configuration management for tech professionals.
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Target Audience:
- System Administrators
- DevOps Engineers
- IT Automation Engineers
- Infrastructure Automation Professionals
- Software Developers with an interest in deployment automation
- Technical Project Managers overseeing IT environments
- Security Professionals looking to automate security compliance
- Cloud Engineers working with scalable infrastructures
- Network Administrators interested in automating network configurations
- Release Engineers coordinating environment configurations and deployment
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) managing application stability and automation
Prerequisites
To ensure that you have a successful learning experience in the Configuration Management with Ansible course, the following minimum prerequisites are recommended:
- Basic understanding of Linux/Unix system concepts, including familiarity with the command line interface.
- Fundamental knowledge of System administration tasks, such as software installation and configuration.
- Awareness of basic networking concepts (e.g., IP addresses, DNS, ports).
- Familiarity with text editors (such as Vim, Nano, or Emacs) for editing code and configuration files.
- No prior experience with Ansible is required, as the course is designed to introduce you to the tool.
These prerequisites are designed to provide a foundation that will help you grasp the concepts and practices taught in the Ansible course. They are not meant to be barriers to entry but rather to ensure you can make the most out of the training.
Chapter 1 – Introduc1on to Configura1on Management with Ansible
Introduc9on to Infrastructure as Code
Current IT Automa9on State
Configura9on Management
Ansible History
Introducing Ansible
How Ansible Works
Chapter 2 – Understanding of Ansible Framework
Case Study
Ansible Way of Configura9on Management
Infrastructure as a Code (IaC)
Idempotency
Ansible Terminology
Chapter 3 – Ansible Deployment
Pre-Requisites for Controller Node
Lab: Installa9on and Configura9on
Understanding Ansible Configura9on File
Lab: Crea9ng Ansible Configura9on File
Pre-Requisites for Managed Node
Understanding Ansible Inventory
Lab: Crea9ng Ansible Inventory
Ansible Communica9on
Ansible Architecture
Chapter 4 – Ad-Hoc Execu&on with Ansible
Understanding Ansible Modules
Lab: Ad-Hoc Remote Execu9ons
Lab: Ansible Commands
Connec9ons and Privilege Escala9ons
Chapter 5 – Ansible Playbooks
YAML Structure
Crea9ng Ansible Playbooks
Understanding Playbooks Structure
Lab: Playbooks Syntax Checks
Lab: Playbooks Smoke Test
Lab: Playbooks Real-Time Run
Lab: Playbook Examples
Chapter 6 – Variables in Ansible
Ansible Variables: An Introduc9on
Lab: Defining Variable in Ansible Code
Use Cases
Lab: Methods of Defining Variables
Understanding Variable Precedence
Understanding and Reading Ansible Facts
Lab: Using Facts in Playbooks
Disabling Facts Gathering
Chapter 7 – Condi1onals, Loops, Error Handling & Handlers, Understanding Condi9ons, Loops, Error Handling & Handlers
Lab: Using Condi9ons in Ansible
Lab: Using Loops in Ansible
Lab: Using ignore_errors
Lab: Using Handlers in Ansible
Chapter 8 – Ansible Roles
Introduc*on to Ansible Roles
Understanding Directory Structure of Roles
Lab: Manually Crea*ng a Role
Understanding Include and Dependency Management
Lab: Using Roles in Playbooks
Chapter 9 – Ansible Vault
Introduc*on to Ansible Vault
Lab: Ansible Vault CLI Commands
Lab: Using Ansible-Vault with playbook
Chapter 10 – Ansible Galaxy
Ansible Galaxy: An Overview
Lab: Using Roles from Ansible Galaxy
Lab: Download Roles using requirements.yaml
Chapter 11 – Ansible Playbook Op1miza1on
Lab: Difference in Copy and Fetch Modules
Understanding Forks
Understanding Serial
Lab: Using Forks and Serial in playbooks
Tags
Jinja2 Templates
Lab: Using Jinja2 to create hosts file
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