Hands-On Introduction to Config Management with Ansible

This hands-on course provides a practical introduction to configuration management and automation using Ansible, one of the most popular tools in the DevOps ecosystem.

If you’ve ever wanted to automate repetitive server tasks, keep your infrastructure consistent, or manage multiple machines without complex scripts or agents, this course is for you.

We focus on learning by doing. There are no theory-heavy slides. Instead, we will start working with Ansible from the very beginning, installing it, connecting to managed nodes, and automating real-world tasks.

You’ll begin by understanding what Ansible is, how it works, and why it’s widely used for configuration management and automation. Then we’ll set up a working environment with a control node and managed nodes, using SSH to execute tasks remotely.

From there, we start writing playbooks to automate common operations such as installing packages, managing files, and configuring services.

As the course progresses, you’ll explore more advanced and practical features, including:

• Inventory management for multiple environments

• Variables for flexible and reusable playbooks

• Templates for dynamic configuration files

• Handlers for controlled service restarts

• Roles for organizing automation code

• Working with facts and system information

• Using Ansible Galaxy to leverage community roles

Everything is based on cases that you can encounter in everyday work, helping you build skills that translate directly into production environments.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to automate infrastructure tasks confidently, structure your Ansible projects properly, and apply best practices that scale from small setups to larger systems.

This course is a great fit if you are:

• A developer working with servers or deployments

• A system administrator managing multiple machines

• A DevOps engineer automating infrastructure

• Anyone looking to reduce manual work and improve reliability

Basic familiarity with Linux command line and SSH is helpful.

If you want a clear, beginner-friendly, and hands-on introduction to automation with Ansible, this course is for you.