Ansible: Ansible Automation Masterclass: 2-in-1

17h 33m 12s
English
Paid

Course description

Ansible is a simple IT automation engine, that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs. Designed for multi-tier deployments since day one, Ansible models your IT infrastructure by describing how all your systems interrelate, rather than managing one system at a time.

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This comprehensive 2-in-1 course is comprehensive, hands-on course with discovery of orchestration, DevOps and automation using Ansible. Explore Ansible with cloud services and its AWS provisioning. Understand infrastructure automation and decide what makes Ansible a good choice for your projects. Get started with Ansible through playbooks and organize the automation of infrastructure tasks by building and using roles from Ansible Galaxy. Explore variables and templates to configure application deployments easily.

Contents and Overview

This training program includes 2 complete courses, carefully chosen to give you the most comprehensive training possible.

The first course, Mastering Ansible, covers the power of Ansible to expedite scalable orchestration, DevOps, and automation. It starts with Ansible architecture and how to provide effective scalable automation. Look into Ansible modules and playbooks with YAML syntax and execute it. Get to know about advanced Ansible playbooks, and even structure them. Use Ansible with cloud services and containers and provision it with AWS and Docker. Finally, master troubleshooting, validating, and testing with Ansible.

The second course, Hands-On Infrastructure Automation with Ansible, covers practical course for beginners to Ansible and deployment of applications the right way. Use Ansible to automate deployment so you can quickly and reliably run and upgrade your applications. Infrastructure Automation results in cost reduction, productivity, availability, reliability, and performance. Gain real-world experience on your own deployments.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and custom modules, enabling you to make full use of Ansible as part of a DevOps or automation strategy.

About the Authors

  • James Spurin is an IT professional with over 15 years working in a variety of technology fields including internet technologies, automation, software development, storage, and Unix administration. He holds an MSc with Distinction in Computer Science, Software Engineering from Liverpool University. Professionally he has worked for a variety of major organizations including Dell EMC, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, and Virgin Internet. He is also an advisory board member for StorageOS, a container-based storage solution. He is an active contributor to open source software and is the creator and maintainer of XML Dataset, a Python library featured on the awesome Python list for parsing XML data.
  • Alan Hohn is a Software Architect who primarily works with distributed Java. He has had a lot of experience re-architecting embedded systems and in combining embedded and enterprise approaches. Lately he has been doing quite a bit of work with virtualization, DevOps, and cloud technologies. Over the past several years, he has had the opportunity to teach courses on Java. His role and interest also mean that he frequently tries out new libraries and new approaches. His hope is that some of that material will be as useful to others as he has occasionally found it. He is employed by Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training and his personal blog is called Variegated.
Requirements:
  • Prior basic knowledge of Ansible is required
  • Basic knowledge of system administration will be useful
Who this course is for:
  • Those who wish to learn and master Ansible to facilitate scalable orchestration, DevOps and Automation.
  • Programmers, systems administrators, and DevOps engineers who are beginning to learn Ansible and want to take the next step in their Ansible knowledge.

What you'll learn:

  • Understand more about Ansible Modules, the structure of Ansible Playbooks, the creation and execution of Ansible playbooks, Ansible Facts, and Jinja2 Templating
  • Manage multiple servers from a single Ansible environment with different and overlapping configuration
  • Create a rapid reliable application deployment
  • Use Ansible with cloud services and containers, AWS, and Docker
  • Structure your Ansible configuration for easy maintenance.
  • Perform advanced tasks simply with structured data.
  • Build custom Ansible roles and modules.
  • Easily edit variables in encrypted files, and seamlessly decrypt data.

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#Lesson TitleDurationAccess
1
The Course Overview Demo
04:11
2
Ansible Requirements – Python, PIP, and Virtual Environments
09:47
3
Ansible Course Environment Setup
27:00
4
Ansible on Microsoft Windows
13:42
5
Ansible on Mac OS X
06:04
6
Ansible on Linux
18:13
7
Validating Ansible Installation
27:14
8
Ansible Inventories
30:02
9
Ansible Modules
23:33
10
YAML
30:17
11
Ansible Playbooks, Breakdown of Sections
27:18
12
Ansible Playbooks, Variables
31:27
13
Ansible Playbooks, Facts
28:04
14
Templating with Jinja2
34:27
15
Ansible Playbooks, Creating, and Executing
30:58
16
Ansible Playbook Modules
21:33
17
Dynamic Inventories
22:38
18
register and when
21:24
19
Looping
33:29
20
Asynchronous and Parallel
28:39
21
Task Delegation
16:54
22
Magic Variables
10:09
23
Blocks
05:35
24
Using the Ansible Vault
20:24
25
Creating Custom Modules
31:46
26
Creating Plugins
13:12
27
Using Includes and Imports
16:59
28
Using Tags
09:45
29
Using Roles
15:49
30
AWS with Ansible
26:01
31
Docker Support with Ansible
18:45
32
Troubleshooting Ansible
12:19
33
Validating Testing with Ansible
04:11
34
Best Practices with Ansible
05:13
35
Upgrading Ansible
11:48
36
The Course Overview
05:52
37
Ansible Demo
06:50
38
DevOps and Immutable Infrastructure
10:12
39
Ansible As a Choice for DevOps
07:51
40
Ansible Install and Remote Management
06:48
41
Running Ansible Commands
05:39
42
Ansible Inventory File
08:38
43
Introduction to Playbooks
08:38
44
Using Tasks and Handlers
10:12
45
Configuring Systems through the Inventory
06:12
46
Creating Inventory Groups
07:26
47
Controlling Playbook Runs
05:55
48
Create and Use Roles
09:12
49
Applying Commonly Used Modules
11:15
50
Getting Roles from Ansible Galaxy
07:10
51
Using Role Handlers, Files, and Templates
08:32
52
Role Dependencies
08:24
53
Writing Out Files from a Template
10:46
54
Template Flow Control
06:43
55
Repeated Configuration Content
12:43
56
Using Defaults and Filters
11:20
57
Defining Reusable Blocks and Inheritance
06:51
58
Using Variables for All Roles
10:36
59
Exploring Ansible Facts
06:38
60
Applying Variables to Groups and Hosts
08:55
61
Using Variables to Control Tasks
07:34
62
Registering Results in Variables
07:47
63
Using Lists and Dictionaries in Tasks
09:09
64
Ansible Vault Purpose
08:59
65
Encrypt and Decrypt Files
05:56
66
Create Vault Password Files
08:36
67
Encrypting Files for Delivery
10:25
68
Ansible Module Structure
09:17
69
Module Arguments and Results
08:32
70
Module Idempotence
10:25
71
Module Check Mode and Module Testing
09:26
72
Module Documentation and Metadata
07:44
73
Ansible Docker Connector
08:40
74
Ansible with Vagrant
09:00
75
Ansible and Vagrant Custom Variables
12:08
76
Ansible and Packer
10:50
77
Using Packer and Ansible to Build Docker Images
10:36

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