Automation with Ansible

Through hands-on labs, students will learn to automate system administration tasks on managed hosts with Ansible, learn how to write Ansible playbooks to standardize task execution, centrally manage playbooks and schedule recurring execution through a web interface with AWX. Students will also learn to manage encryption for Ansible with Ansible Vault, deploy AWX and use it to manage systems, and use Ansible in a DevOps environment with Vagrant.

Content Summary

• Install and troubleshootAnsible on central nodes and managed hosts
• Use Ansible to run ad-hoc commands and playbooks to automate tasks
• Write effective Ansible playbooks
• Protect encrypted data needed for tasks with Ansible Vault
• Use AWX to more easily manage enterprise Ansible deployments
• Work with Ansible in conjunction with Vagrant in a DevOps environment