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Introduction to Ansible

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Training content

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COURSE
Beginner
Duration: 10 minutes and 59 seconds
What is Configuration Management
This lesson is a high-level overview to help explain some of the concepts of configuration management.
COURSE
Intermediate
Duration: 1 hour and 17 minutes
Getting Started With Ansible
This lesson teaches you how to use Ansible for configuration management.
HANDS-ON LAB
Intermediate
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Getting Started with Ansible
Create an Ansible Playbook towards the configuration of a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Python -sometimes Perl or PHP) server in this hands-on lab.
HANDS-ON LAB
Intermediate
Duration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Deploying Web Applications using Ansible
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to create Ansible roles that allow you to easily reuse configurations and you will use roles to deploy a web application.
COURSE
Beginner
Duration: 2 hours and 47 minutes
Ansible Basics - Automation Technical Overview
This lesson looks at the Ansible Automation Platform, how it works, and its components and features.
HANDS-ON LAB
Intermediate
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Ansible Configuration Management Troubleshooting Challenge
Put your Ansible skills to the test in this challenge requiring you to troubleshoot a provided Ansible configuration the deploys a web application.

Ansible provides you with an automation engine that allows you to manage multiple facets of information technology. That means understanding how to get started with Ansible is important. The Introduction to Ansible course will help you to get you started using Ansible to automate common IT tasks. 

The first course will help you to understand some of the generic concepts of Ansible configuration and management. Followed by the course Getting Started With Ansible, where you'll go through an overview of how to use Ansible. After that, you can put what you've learned to the test with hands-on labs. After that, the final course will cover an overview of Ansible Tower and Ansible Galaxy. 

By the end of this course, you should feel comfortable automating tasks with Ansible. If you have questions contact support@cloudacademy.com.

So if you're ready to start automating tasks with Ansible, then let's get started with the first course! 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how to use Ansible for configuration management
  • Learn how to deploy a simple Python-based web application
  • Learn about Ansible Tower and Ansible Galaxy

Intended Audience

DevOps engineers, IT professionals, or anyone looking to improve the way they manage their infrastructure.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, you should already have experience in managing infrastructure deployments. Knowledge of DevOps techniques would also be beneficial.

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Covered Topics

Management
DevOps
Configuration Management
Ansible