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Learn More100+ Everyday SysAdmin Tasks Automated with Ansible
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100+ Everyday SysAdmin Tasks Automated with Ansible
Learn Ansible with some real-life examples of how to use the most common modules and Ansible Playbook
Created byLuca Berton
Last updated 12/2024
English
What you'll learn
- Ansible in real life use cases
- Ansible troubleshooting of most common errors
- Install Ansible in the most common operating system
- Ansible code by modules
- Ansible code specific for RedHat-like and Debian-like systems
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Course content
10 sections • 121 lectures • 18h 6m total length
- Introduction2:24
- Ansible Ad-Hoc command - ansible command8:24
How to use the ping module, execute a command and retrieve the Ansible Facts from a target node via the ansible command line.
- Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Playbook?16:16
A step-by-step guide inside the Ansible Playbook anatomy: play, tasks, modules, conditional, loop, handler, variable, list.
- Ansible terminology - ansible vs ansible-core packages11:04
What is ansible-core? What is the ansible community package? What happened to the Ansible project after version 2.9? An overview of the ansible community and ansible-core packages and use-cases nowadays.
- How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux 85:44
- How to install Ansible in Amazon Linux 2 (AWS EC2)12:45
- How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS6:43
- How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 21.107:09
- How to install Ansible in Fedora 356:26
- How to install Ansible in CentOS 84:41
- How to install Ansible in CentOS Stream 86:15
- How to install Ansible in CentOS 9 Stream5:39
- How to install Ansible in Debian 117:08
- How to install Ansible in OpenSUSE Leap 154:12
- How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 85:44
- How to install Ansible in macOS8:24
- How to install Ansible with PIP7:04
- How to install Ansible in Windows 10 WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux15:24
How to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside Windows 10 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
- How to install Ansible in Windows 11 WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux15:29
How to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside Windows 11 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
- How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 94:55
How to install Ansible Core (ansible-core) in RedHat Enterprise Linux 9 included in the RHEL 9 AppStream repository.
- How to install Ansible in Fedora 3710:01
How to install and maintain the latest version of Ansible inside Fedora 37 using the system repository with a practical demo.
- How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu6:07
How to install ansible using the universe repository in Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu.
- How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.17:11
How to install Ansible Core (ansible-core) in RedHat Enterprise Linux 9.1 included in the RHEL 9.1 AppStream repository.
- How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster5:28
How to install ansible using the universe repository in Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster.
- How to install Ansible in Fedora 386:06
How to install and maintain the latest version of Ansible inside Fedora 38 using the system repository with a practical demo.
- How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux RHEL 9.26:02
How to install Ansible Core (ansible-core) in RedHat Enterprise Linux 9.2 included in the RHEL 9.2 AppStream repository.
- How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux RHEL 9.33:54
- How to install Ansible in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat7:03
- How to install Ansible in Fedora 395:27
- How to install Ansible in Fedora 405:08
- Ansible terminology - ansible_hostname vs inventory_hostname vs ansible_fqdn9:41
What is the difference between ansible_hostname vs inventory_hostname vs ansible_fqdn in a practical example with Ansible Playbook?
- Test host availability - Ansible module ping3:09
- Ansible troubleshooting - Failed to connect to the host via ssh host localhost p5:36
How to solve the error connection failed fatal error when connecting via ssh host localhost port 22 when testing your code on your local machine.
- Print a text/variable during execution - Ansible module debug8:29
- Ansible modules - command vs shell10:09
A comparison between command vs shell Ansible modules, when you really need to execute commands on Linux target hosts.
- Edit single line text - Ansible module lineinfile9:13
- Edit multi-line text - Ansible module blockinfile5:51
- Pause execution - Ansible module pause6:12
- Reboot remote hosts - Ansible module reboot8:30
- Checkout git repository via HTTPS - Ansible module git6:55
- Checkout git repository via SSH - Ansible module git10:56
- Copy files to remote hosts - Local to Remote - Ansible module copy5:37
- Copy files from remote hosts - Remote to Local - Ansible module fetch6:51
- Start and enable services on boot on remote hosts - Ansible module service_facts11:38
- Restart services on remote hosts - Ansible module service6:12
- Stop and disable services on boot on remote hosts - Ansible module service11:48
- Apply a file template - Ansible module template14:03
- Loop in file template - Ansible module template - Generate hosts file12:39
- Schedule a Cron Job task in Linux - Ansible module cron10:57
- Submit a GET request to a REST API endpoint - Interact with web services - uri11:25
- Token Based Authentication in REST API - Interact with webservice - Ansible uri11:44
How to retrieve a JSON token via a POST authentication request using a JSON body formed by email and password to a REST API web service HTTPS endpoint from a remote Linux host in a few lines of Ansible code.
- Configure Kernel Parameters in RedHat-like Linux systems - Ansible system role11:59
How to automate the configuration of Kernel Parameters (sysctl, sysfs, and hugepages) in RedHat-like Linux systems using Linux System Role "linux-system-role.kernel_settings" from Ansible Galaxy.
- Read a file into a variable on host - Ansible lookup plugin file6:31
How to automate the reading of example.txt file on Ansible host, assign to a variable and use in your Ansible Playbook code.
- Three options to Safely Limit Ansible Playbooks Execution to a Single Machine11:37
Three options to limit the execution of a potentially harmful Ansible Playbook to only one host.
- How to Run Only One Task in Ansible Playbook? - Ansible tags statement6:15
How to select single or multiple tasks, include, import, play, block, and role in an Ansible Playbook using tags parameter of ansible-playbook command.
- Run a Python Script on Remote Machines - Ansible module script13:14
How to automate the execution of a "cars.py" custom Python script on a remote machine after transferring it and processing the output as an Ansible JSON variable using Ansible Playbook and script module.
- Read a JSON file into a variable - Ansible lookup plugin file6:11
How to automate the reading of example.json file on Ansible host, assign to a variable and use in your Ansible Playbook code.
- An In-Depth Guide to ansible-config Managing Ansible Configuration9:15
A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Configuration with ansible-config and ansible.cfg files
- Automating File Extension Validation with Ansible5:40
How to use the regular expression within an Ansible Playbook.
- Create an empty file - Ansible module file7:07
- Create a text file - Ansible module copy6:12
- Check if a file exists - Ansible module stat7:18
- Create a directory - Ansible module file7:13
- Check if a directory exists - Ansible module stat5:00
- Rename file or directory - Ansible module copy and file13:35
- Change file permission - Ansible module file6:51
- Delete file or directory - Ansible module file8:11
- Create a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) in Linux -Ansible module file6:53
- Create a hard link in Linux - Ansible module file8:31
- Download a file - Ansible module get_url10:38
- Extract an archive - Ansible module unarchive10:55
- Mount a Windows share in Linux SMB/CIFS - Ansible module mount12:41
- Mount an NFS share in Linux - Ansible module mount15:48
- Read file from remote hosts - Ansible module slurp6:49
How to automate the read of /proc/cpuinfo file from Linux remote host with Ansible. The file is copied as base 64 encoding and decoded with an Ansible Filter.
- Concatenate multiple files in a specific order - Ansible module template and YAM11:49
How to automate the concatenation of multiple files and format using a list in the YAML and Ansible module template with Jinja2 language. Included example with "a.txt", "b.txt" and "includes.yaml" files for Pandoc.
- Execute command on the Ansible host - Ansible localhost6:44
How to execute Ansible command(s) or task(s) on localhost using the connection plugin local and the right ansible internals variables.
- Backup With Rsync - Local to Remote - Ansible module synchronize12:18
How to automate the backup of an “examples” directory minimizing network usage on Linux using Ansible module synchronize and rsync utility.
- How to Delete Only Files Inside a Directory - Ansible module find7:36
How to automate the search and delete of the files and directories inside a directory keeping the main folder with Ansible modules find and file.
- Create ISO image from Files and Folders - Ansible module iso_create11:32
How to automate the creation of a "test.iso" ISO9660 file containing an "helloworld.txt" file using Ansible Playbook and iso_create module.
- Automating File Extension Validation with Ansible5:40
How to use the regular expression within an Ansible Playbook.
- Simplify Disk Management with Ansible Quota Module8:19
Learn how to use the Ansible quota module to automate disk space quotas for users and groups, ensuring efficient resource management.
- Create a user account - Ansible module user10:37
- Remove user account - Ansible module user6:07
- Change user password - Ansible module user5:58
- Disable user account - Ansible module user8:32
- Enable user account - Ansible module user8:25
- User password expiration - Ansible module user9:19
- Create a group in Linux - Ansible module group5:46
- Delete a group - Ansible module group6:14
- Add a User to a Second Group on Linux - Ansible module user10:10
How to automate the adding of a user "example" to a system or user-defined groups list on a target the Linux with few lines of Ansible playbook code.
- How to Download and Use Ansible Galaxy Roles — ansible-galaxy and requirements15:12
How to Download and use the Ansible Role lucab85.ansible_role_log4shell to scan our Linux machine against Log4Shell Remote Code Execution Log4j (CVE-2021–44228) re-using Ansible artifacts (tasks, variables, defaults, handlers, modules, and plugins) published in Ansible Galaxy directory.
- Download and Use Ansible Galaxy Collection - ansible-galaxy and requirements.yml11:26
How to Download and use the Ansible Collection community.general re-using Ansible artifacts (tasks, variables, defaults, handlers, modules, and plugins) published in Ansible Galaxy directory.
- Install Docker in Debian-like systems - Ansible apt_key, apt_repository apt16:39
How to automate the installation of the docker-ce engine in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS x86_64 (or amd64) using Ansible Playbook. The procedure is going to take care of the GPG signing key, add a repository into the sources list, and install the latest docker-ce package. Included Demo for Debian-like workstation (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, MX Linux, Deepin, AntiX, PureOS, Kali Linux, Parrot OS, Devuan, Knoppix, AV Linux Linux).
- Install Docker in RedHat-like systems - Ansible rpm_key, yum_repository, yum18:27
How to automate the installation of the docker-ce engine in Fedora 35 x86_64 (or amd64) using Ansible Playbook. The procedure is going to take care of the GPG signing key, add a repository into the sources list, and install the latest docker-ce package. Included Demo for RedHat-like workstation (RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, CentOS Stream, Fedora, ClearOS).
- Install Zoom flatpak in Debian-like systems - Ansible module flatpak12:44
How to automate the installation of Zoom flatpak system-wide in Debian-like systems using Ansible module flatpak.
- Install Zoom flatpak in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module flatpak14:00
How to automate the installation of Zoom flatpak system-wide in RedHat-like systems using Ansible module flatpak.
- Update Zoom flatpak(s) in Linux systems - Ansible module command6:55
How to automate the update of the Zoom flatpak from version 5.9.1.1380 to 5.9.6.2225 in Linux using Ansible module command.
- Install Spotify snap in Debian-like systems - Ansible module snap10:07
How to automate the installation of Spotify snap system-wide in Debian-like systems using Ansible module snap.
- Install Spotify snap in RedHat-like systems - Ansible module snap13:17
How to automate the installation of Spotify snap system-wide in RedHat-like systems using Ansible module snap.
- Deploy Apache Web Server in a Docker Container for Debian-like systems - Ansible17:11
How to automate the setup of a detached Apache httpd Web Server tag:latest in a Docker Container pass-throw of port 8080 to 80 with a custom webroot for Debian-like systems.
- Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Vault?4:06
How to store variables and files in an encrypted way using the ansible-vault command line utility.
- Set sysctl kernel parameters - Ansible module sysctl10:31
How to automate the setting or verification of the Linux sysctl kernel parameter "vm.swappiness" to 5 with Ansible.
- Add Execute Permission 755 Linux file - Ansible module file6:58
How to automate the setting of execute permission 755 for example.sh Linux file with Ansible module file.
- Load and Unload Kernel Modules in Linux - Ansible module modprobe8:59
How to automate the Linux Kernel module loading of the "dummy" module with parameters on an example machine with Ansible.
- Set the SELinux Policy States and Modes on Linux - Ansible module selinux14:43
How to automate the setting and verification of the "enforcing" SELinux mode and state with "targeted" policy and relabel the filesystem if necessary on Linux target with Ansible.
- Enable or Disable Permissive Domain in SELinux policy on Linux - Ansible module11:30
How to automate the enabling or disabling of SELinux Permissive policy per single process or domain keeping the whole system under enforcing policy and make it persistent after a reboot on Linux with Ansible.
- Enable or Disable SELinux Boolean on Linux - Ansible module seboolean11:45
How to automate the enabling of the "httpd_use_nfs" SELinux boolean and make it persistent after a reboot on Linux with Ansible.
- How to mitigate Polkit Privilege Escalation - PWNKIT (CVE-2021-4034) on RedHat13:47
How to automate the mitigation of Polkit Privilege Escalation — PWNKIT (CVE-2021–4034) on RedHat-like systems using the Ansible Playbook 1.0 published on RHSB-2022–001. Line by line comment and live demo on vulnerable Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5.
- Deploy Apache Web Server in a Docker Container for Debian-like systems - Ansible17:11
How to automate the setup of a detached Apache httpd Web Server tag:latest in a Docker Container pass-throw of port 8080 to 80 with a custom webroot for Debian-like systems.
- Deploy Apache Web Server in a Podman Container for RedHat-like systems - Ansible16:11
How to automate the setup of a detached Apache httpd Web Server tag:latest in a Podman Container pass-throw of port 8080 to 80 and a custom index.html page for RedHat-like systems.
- Project Policy Validation with OPA and ansible-policy7:28
Enhancing Compliance and Automation in Ansible with ansible-policy Utility
- Comparing versions - ansible.builtin.version plugin7:41
Using Ansible to Compare Versions and Ensure Consistency Across Your Infrastructure
- Read an environment variable - Ansible lookup plugin env6:35
How to automate the reading of HOME environmental variable and use it in your Ansible Playbook code with lookup plugin env.
- Copy Multiple Files - Ansible lookup plugin fileglob8:39
How to automate the copy of the "example/*.txt" files to a target host using the with_fileglob Ansible loop statement and Ansible lookup plugin fileglob.
- Read a file into a variable on host - Ansible lookup plugin file6:31
How to automate the reading of example.txt file on Ansible host, assign to a variable and use in your Ansible Playbook code.
- Read a JSON file into a variable - Ansible lookup plugin file6:11
How to automate the reading of example.json file on Ansible host, assign to a variable and use in your Ansible Playbook code.
- Creating a Custom Ansible Lookup Plugin in Python for retrieving API token13:25
Extending Ansible Functionalities with Custom Lookup Plugins for retrieving API tokens.
- Creating a Custom Ansible Lookup Plugin in Python for Reading a File9:05
Extending Ansible’s Capabilities with a Custom File Retrieval Python Lookup Plugin.
- Creating Custom Ansible Plugins to Fetch API Data Easily5:30
Step-by-Step Guide to Extend Ansible Functionality with Custom Plugins
- Leveraging Ansible Callback Plugins for Enhanced Performance11:06
Profiling, Troubleshooting, and Optimizing Resources in Ansible Automation with timer, profile_tasks, and profile_roles Callback Plugins
- Thank you1:26
Requirements
- Ansible basic knowledge
Description
Learn the Ansible automation technology with some real-life examples.
Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology.
I'm going to teach you, example by example, how to accomplish the most common System Administrator tasks.
You will start with installing Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, and macOS using the most command package manager and archives.
Each of the 100+ lessons summarizes a module, from the most important parameter to some live demo of code and real-life usage. Each code is battle-proved in real life. Console interaction and verification are included in every video. A mundane activity like creating a text file, extracting and archiving, and fetching a repository using HTTPS or SSH connections could be automated with some lines of code; these are only some of the long lists included in the course.
Some Ansible codes are usable in all Linux systems, some specific for RedHat-like, Debian-like, and Windows systems.
The Ansible troubleshooting lessons teach you how to read the error message, how to reproduce it, and the process of troubleshooting and resolution.
Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible?
Who this course is for:
- System Administrator
- IT Professional
- Cloud Engineer
- DevOps