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Infrastructure as a Service Training for Beginners

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This Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) course offers a structured path to mastering leading configuration management and provisioning tools—Ansible, Terraform, and Puppet. Begin with Ansible, understanding its role as a powerful pull configuration tool, exploring its architecture, playbooks, inventory, and enterprise features like Ansible Tower. Progress to Terraform, a widely adopted IaC tool used for automating cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Gain hands-on experience with Terraform commands, workflows, and provider integrations. Conclude with Puppet, where you’ll learn configuration management through real-world demos, writing manifests, understanding Puppet architecture, and exploring how companies use it at scale. To succeed, learners will have a basic understanding of cloud. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Automate infrastructure with Ansible playbooks and Tower - Provision multi-cloud resources using Terraform - Manage configurations with Puppet and reusable manifests - Apply IaC tools to real-world DevOps workflows Ideal for DevOps engineers, system admins, & IT professionals.

Syllabus

  • Ansible
    • Master Ansible automation in this hands-on module. Learn what Ansible is, why it's used, and how it functions as a pull configuration tool. Explore its architecture, core components like playbooks and inventory, and how automation workflows operate. Get introduced to Ansible Tower and real-world use cases like Hootsuite, making this module ideal for DevOps and IT professionals.
  • Terraform
    • Get started with Terraform and essential IaC tools in this hands-on module. Learn what Terraform is, how it automates infrastructure provisioning, and why it's a top choice for DevOps teams. Explore key tools, commands, and workflows through real-world examples. Build, manage, and version cloud infrastructure efficiently using Terraform with providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Puppet
    • Explore Puppet in this comprehensive module designed for IT automation. Learn what Puppet is, why it's essential for configuration management, and how it works. Understand its architecture and key components. Gain practical experience through demo installations, writing manifests, and hands-on labs. Discover how top companies use Puppet to streamline infrastructure and scale DevOps workflows.

Taught by

Priyanka Mehta

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