
Learn how Ansible streamlines repetitive IT tasks—from provisioning and configuring VMs to deployments and audits—using simple playbooks, modules, and integrations across local hosts and cloud environments.
Stay focused on the course labs and videos to maximize learning, and avoid building a local setup until the course is completed to minimize distractions.
Access browser-based hands-on labs hosted by KodeKloud for this course; create a KodeKloud account (Udemy credentials won’t work), access labs via the course page, and mark complete.
Learn how to manage multiple servers with Ansible groups, using parent-child relationships to apply location-specific configurations while avoiding duplication in ini and yaml formats.
Explore string, number, boolean, list, and dictionary variable types in Ansible, with examples of defining and referencing them in playbooks, inventory, and command line arguments.
Learn how ansible collects host facts with the setup module into ansible_facts, including system, network, memory, and disks, and how gather_facts and targeting affect them.
Explore Ansible playbooks, the orchestration language that defines tasks, hosts, and modules in YAML to run commands, deploy services, and manage multi-server workflows.
Verify your Ansible playbooks before running in production to prevent downtime by using check mode, diff mode, and syntax-check, catching errors in a controlled environment.
Use Ansible facts and variables to drive conditionals, installing nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 and deploying environment-specific configs with app_env, reusing tasks to start only in production.
Explore loops to create multiple users with the Ansible user module, iterating over strings or dictionaries using item, and compare loop with directives and look up plugins.
Discover how Ansible modules drive automation across system, command, file, database, cloud, and Windows tasks. Learn idempotency and how lineinfile and service modules ensure desired states.
Explore Ansible's modules and plugins index to search, filter, and access detailed documentation for network device management, like the cisco.ios module, and integrate them into automation workflows.
Learn how Ansible handlers automate restarting web server services after configuration changes, using a notify directive in a playbook to trigger a restart via the service module.
Learn to build a hands-on Ansible lab by installing Oracle VirtualBox, creating a CentOS template, and cloning it to deploy an Ansible control machine and two target hosts.
Demonstrates cloning machines into an ansible lab, setting up an ansible controller and targets, configuring hostnames and ssh access, and installing ansible on the controller via yum, then verifying installation.
"Course is simple and awesome. I have always wanted to learn Ansible. I have been through several courses, and this is the best." - Student Testimonial.
What's in this course?
This course introduces a beginner in DevOps to basic fundamentals of Ansible with easy-to-do hands-on exercises that you can practice right in the browser. The course introduces basic use cases of Ansible, followed by an introduction to Ansible Inventory, Playbooks, Modules, Variables, Conditionals, Loops, Handlers, Collections, Templates, and Roles. Each lecture is accompanied by a set of coding exercises, giving the user a hands-on experience in developing Ansible Playbooks.
What is so special about THIS course?
Lectures backed by animated slides make it simple and easy to understand. This is the only course that provides Coding Exercises where you can practice Ansible Playbooks right in your browser.
"One of the best courses I've taken. The contents and the explanation are wonderful" - Student Testimonial.
"I liked the hands-on with task completion. Would recommend it to anyone looking for a getting started guide with hands-on experience" - Student Testimonial.
What is Ansible?
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy. Avoid writing scripts or custom code to deploy and update your applications— automate in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems.
What Are the Benefits of Learning Ansible Basics?
It is a free and open-source community project with a huge audience.
Battle-tested over many years as the preferred tool of IT wizards.
Easy to start and use from day one, without the need for any special coding skills.
Simple deployment workflow without any extra agents.
Includes some sophisticated features around modularity and reusability that come in handy as users become more proficient.
Extensive and comprehensive official documentation that is complemented by a plethora of online material produced by its community.
Important Update: Major Additions to Our Ansible for Absolute Beginners Course!
We're thrilled to bring you some major updates to our "Ansible for the Absolute Beginners" course on Udemy.
Our commitment to keeping courses updated ensures you're always in sync with industry trends.
What's New?
Here's a quick rundown of the new videos and topics we've added to enrich your learning experience:
Inventory Format
Grouping and Parent-Child Relationships
Variable Types: Know the different types and use cases.
Registering Variables and Variable Precedence
Variable Scoping
Magic Variables
Ansible Facts
Verifying Playbooks
Ansible-lint
Ansible Conditionals
Ansible Plugins
Modules & Plugins Index
Ansible Handlers
Ansible Collections
Jinja2 Templates
Why You Should Check It Out
Our enhanced course now offers a more comprehensive view of Ansible, allowing you to tackle real-world challenges confidently. From variable types to inventory management and plugins, you’ll be armed with skills that are in high demand.
We're committed to ensuring your learning journey keeps pace with the fast-evolving DevOps landscape.