Overview

Course Description: Automate Software Installation with Ansible Did you know that automating server setup can reduce configuration time by over 70% while virtually eliminating human error? Consistent, repeatable environments are the foundation of reliable data pipelines. This Short Course was created to help data engineering professionals automate infrastructure provisioning and ensure consistent, scalable server environments for data pipeline deployments. By completing this course, you will be able to use Ansible to automate software installation on servers, streamline configuration steps, and enforce reliability across your infrastructure—skills that improve deployment speed and operational consistency. By the end of this 2-hour long course, you will be able to: Apply an automation tool to install software on a server. This course is unique because it blends hands-on automation with practical server management, giving you real-world experience in building reproducible, scalable environments using industry-standard tools. To be successful in this project, you should have: Basic Linux command line knowledge Understanding of server administration concepts Familiarity with text editors Did you know that automating server setup can reduce configuration time by over 70% while virtually eliminating human error? Consistent, repeatable environments are the foundation of reliable data pipelines. This Short Course was created to help data engineering professionals automate infrastructure provisioning and ensure consistent, scalable server environments for data pipeline deployments. By completing this course, you will be able to use Ansible to automate software installation on servers, streamline configuration steps, and enforce reliability across your infrastructure—skills that improve deployment speed and operational consistency. By the end of this 2-hour long course, you will be able to: Apply an automation tool to install software on a server. This course is unique because it blends hands-on automation with practical server management, giving you real-world experience in building reproducible, scalable environments using industry-standard tools. To be successful in this project, you should have: Basic Linux command line knowledge Understanding of server administration concepts Familiarity with text editors

Syllabus

Module 1: Configuration Management Foundations

Learners will understand why automation tools are essential for scalable infrastructure management and explore foundational configuration management concepts through real-world enterprise scenarios.Although we briefly introduce terms like systemd services, templates, and error handling later in the course, each concept is presented with simple, step-by-step examples so learners with only basic Linux experience can follow along. The focus stays on helping beginners understand how Ansible automates software installation.

Module 2: Ansible Automation Implementation

Learners will create functional Ansible playbooks that automate Python installation, pip package management, systemd service configuration, and webserver verification to achieve consistent server deployments across multiple environments. In some environments, you may need to specify executable: pip3 in the pip task to ensure Ansible uses Python 3’s pip and not a Python 2 version. [dev] server1 ansible_host=10.0.1.10 [staging] server2 ansible_host=10.0.2.20 [production] server3 ansible_host=10.0.3.30