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Ansible: from discovery to expertise

Automate configuration management, application deployment, and the orchestration of your infrastructure with Ansible.

10 chapters19 lessonsEN
At your pace, through practice.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Write an inventory and run ad-hoc commands across a fleet
  • Structure playbooks with roles, templates and handlers
  • Protect secrets with Ansible Vault
  • Test and ship roles with Molecule and CI

🎯 Level : Beginner👥 Who it is for : System administrators who want to automate their infrastructure

LEARNING PATH

Course curriculum

0Course overview1 lesson
  1. Assessment quizQuiz · ⏱ 10 min
1Introduction7 lessons
  1. System administrationLesson
  2. Automation: IaC vs CaCLesson
  3. AnsibleLesson
  4. InstallationLesson
  5. Connection to serversLesson
  6. Setting up the test environmentHands-on lab · ⏱ 21 min · Level 1/5
  7. InstallationHands-on lab · ⏱ 15 min · Level 2/5
2Inventory2 lessons
  1. The inventory: static, dynamic, groups and variablesArticle · ⏱ 17 min
  2. Lab: Inventory and ad-hoc commandsHands-on lab · ⏱ 30 min · Level 1/5
3Ad-Hoc commands1 lesson
  1. Ad-Hoc commandsArticle · ⏱ 10 min
4Roles2 lessons
  1. Structuring your code with rolesArticle · ⏱ 14 min
  2. Lab: An nginx role with template and handlerHands-on lab · ⏱ 40 min · Level 2/5
5How to create dynamic files with Ansible? -> jinja2 templates1 lesson
  1. Dynamic files: Jinja2 and factsArticle · ⏱ 10 min
6How to manage security in Ansible1 lesson
  1. Security: Vault, SSH and privilegesArticle · ⏱ 11 min
7Manage your infrastructure with Ansible: Infrastructure as code1 lesson
  1. Managing infrastructure with playbooksArticle · ⏱ 14 min
8How to manage my configuration with a graphical interface (WebUI)?1 lesson
  1. A graphical interface: AWX, Semaphore and AAPArticle · ⏱ 11 min
9Going further2 lessons
  1. Going further: testing, CI/CD and performanceArticle · ⏱ 16 min
  2. Ansible best practicesArticle · ⏱ 10 min

LEARN BY DOING

Use cases & applications

Application deployment

Automate the deployment of a web application and its database on a set of servers.

Configuration management

Ensure that all servers in a fleet have an identical configuration (package installation, service configuration, user management).

Cloud provisioning

Create and configure instances on cloud providers like AWS, Azure or GCP using dedicated Ansible modules.

What next?

Vagrant: From Discovery to ExpertiseKubernetes: From Discovery to Expertise

Frequently asked questions

What is Ansible?

It is an open-source automation tool for configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration of IT tasks.

Does Ansible require an agent?

No, Ansible is 'agentless'. It communicates with remote servers via SSH (for Linux/Unix) or WinRM (for Windows).

What is an Ansible playbook?

It is a YAML formatted file that describes a set of ordered tasks to be executed on one or more target servers (the inventory).