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Ansible Essential Training

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Dig deeper into the power of Ansible. Learn how to use this IT automation engine to deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot infrastructures through automation and orchestration.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Upgrade your IT skills with Ansible
  • What you should already know
1. Building Great Tasks
  • Using host groups
  • Using tags
  • Running tasks against localhost
  • Using the command line to control execution
  • Specifying variables in the inventory file
  • Creating dynamic inventory files
  • Using templates
  • Conditional execution
  • Using loops
  • Testing plays with check mode
2. Using Roles
  • An overview of roles in Ansible
  • Using variables in roles
  • Using role-based templates
  • Roles and Ansible Galaxy
  • Role management
3. Using Secrets
  • An overview of secrets in Ansible
  • Using Ansible Vault
  • Using secrets in plays
4. Performing Network Management
  • Overview of network management with Ansible
  • Working with IP addresses in Ansible
  • Working with network devices
5. Leveraging Idempotence
  • What is idempotence?
  • Registering discovered state
Conclusion
  • What to study next

Taught by

Anthony Sequeira

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