Anisible
Anisible
Duration in Hours : 20
Duration in Days: 10
Anisible
Course Code: DAN20CS
10 Hours of Theory
10 Hours Lab
- What is Ansible?
- Ansible architecture and components
- How Ansible compares with other automation tools (Puppet, Chef, etc.)
- Benefits of using Ansible for configuration management and automation
- Installing Ansible on different platforms (Linux, Windows, MacOS)
- Introduction to YAML and its syntax
- Understanding Ansible inventory (static and dynamic inventories)
- Configuring hosts and groups in inventory files
- Ansible command-line basics (`ansible`, `ansible-playbook`)
- Running ad-hoc commands
- Modules and plugins in Ansible
- What are Ansible playbooks?
- Writing your first playbook
- Structure of an Ansible playbook
- Defining tasks, handlers, and variables
- Using loops, conditionals, and blocks in playbooks
- Playbook execution strategies (serial, linear, free)
- Understanding Ansible variables and how to define them
- Using facts and gathering facts with Ansible
- Precedence and scope of variables (playbook, role, group, host)
- Defining default variables and overriding them
- Secure management of sensitive data with Ansible Vault
- Introduction to roles in Ansible
- Creating and using roles in playbooks
- Role directory structure and best practices
- Using `ansible-galaxy` to download and share roles
- Role dependencies and role-based development
- What are Ansible modules?
- Working with commonly used modules (e.g., file, user, package, service)
- Creating custom modules for specialized tasks
- Debugging and testing custom modules
- Ansible Galaxy modules overview
- Automating cloud provisioning with Ansible (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Managing infrastructure as code with Ansible and Terraform
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with Ansible
- Automating Docker and Kubernetes tasks using Ansible
- Configuring network devices using Ansible for network automation
- Ansible error handling and retries
- Using templates with Jinja2 in Ansible
- Ansible callbacks and logging
- Ansible Ansible-pull for configuration management
- Using async and polling with long-running tasks
- Introduction to Ansible Tower (AWX)
- Installing and configuring Ansible Tower
- Managing inventories, credentials, and users in Tower
- Running playbooks and scheduling jobs using Tower
- Integrating Ansible Tower with other automation tools
- Role-based access control (RBAC) and logging in Tower