Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible

Course Outline

Introduce Ansible

• Describe Ansible concepts and install Red Hat Ansible Engine.

Deploy Ansible

• Configure Ansible to manage hosts and run ad hoc Ansible commands.

Implement playbooks

• Write a simple Ansible Playbook and run it to automate tasks on multiple managed hosts.

Manage variables and facts

• Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed hosts.

Implement task control

• Manage task control, handlers, and task errors in Ansible Playbooks.

Deploy files to managed hosts

• Deploy, manage, and adjust files on hosts managed by Ansible.

Manage large projects

• Write playbooks that are optimized for larger, more complex projects.

Simplify playbooks with roles

• Use Ansible roles to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible code.

Troubleshoot Ansible

• Troubleshoot playbooks and managed hosts.

Automate Linux administration tasks

• Automate common Linux system administration tasks with Ansible.