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Ultimate Ansible Bootcamp by School of Devops®

Name: Ultimate Ansible Bootcamp by School of Devops®
Rating: 4.4 (711 reviews)

Unofficial Guide to EX407 Redhat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation

Created bySchool of Devops, Gourav J. Shah

Last updated 1/2025

English

What you'll learn

What is ansible, why its needed and how it works
How to configure ansible and setup static/dynamic inventories
Ad hoc server management, running jobs in parallel
Managing systems entities using ansible Modules
Writing Playbooks to define the state of infrastructure as a code
Creating modular, reusable code with Roles
Creating dynmic code with vars and templates
Using Ansible Galaxy
Encrypting sensitive data with Vault
Service Discovery and managing Multiple Environments
Application Deployment Strategies, Rolling Updates

Course content

14 sections • 121 lectures • 7h 53m total length

Know your Instructor - Who is Gourav Shah ?3:51
Connect with Me & School of DevOps0:31

What is Ansible Part I: Why Ansible ?5:45
Explore why we need Ansible as a unified automation tool that replaces multiple remote management, configuration, and deployment tasks across diverse infrastructures and cloud environments, embracing infrastructure as code.
What is Ansible Part II: Simplicity, YAML, Push Model, Custom Modules5:41
Discover how ansible delivers simplicity through yaml, a secure agentless push model, and extensible custom modules in any language.
What is Ansible Part III: Batteries Included Approach4:28
Web Quest AWQ001 - Explore Ansible Batteries - Modules
What is Ansible Part IV: Infrastructure as a Code6:10
What is Ansible Part V: Code vs Data4:38
What is Ansible Part VI: Idempotence and State Management6:10
What is Ansible Part VIII: The Ansible Story4:29
Test your knowledge
Web Quest AWQ002 - Relevance of Ansible in the world of Docker and Kubernetes

Section Introduction1:17
Introduction to codespaces5:55
Setting up codespaces locally with docker7:42
Learn to set up a docker-based codespaces environment locally on macOS or Linux, clone the repo, install docker, and run docker compose up to deploy six nodes with Ansible controller.
LAB 1: Setting up a codespaces environment with Docker1:12
Launching codespaces on digital ocean cloud4:48
Launch codespaces on DigitalOcean cloud by provisioning an Ubuntu 16.04 server with 2 GB RAM and a user data script to run the environment.
Managing codespaces7:51
Learn to operate a Docker-backed integrated environment with an ed workspace, browse files, edit code, and manage the Ansible controller and nodes using start, stop, and recreate commands.

Section Introduction0:51
Tasks, Modules, Roles6:45
Inventories and Playbooks5:11
Book Recommendation: Ansible Playbook Essentials1:08
Code Organization Strategies4:27
Introducing Use Case - Devops Demo App4:02
Write Ansible playbooks to install, configure, and deploy a three-tier web application with a load balancer, app servers, and a MySQL database, enabling environment-specific configurations and zero-downtime updates.
Approach to automate Devops Demo App4:41

Section Introduction1:33
Configuring Ansible6:24
LAB 1: Adding Ansible Configs0:28
Defining a static Inventory5:50
Define custom inventories with hosts and groups, set connection parameters and host variables, and validate static or dynamic inventories in environment-specific setups using ini or yaml formats.
LAB 2: Creating Host Inventory1:15
Host Patterns and Ad Hoc Commands8:53
LAB 3: Ad Hoc commands1:51
Modules and Desired State Configuration4:59
LAB 4: Using modules to manage the state of infrastructure0:47
Invoking Modules, Idempotence6:00
Using common modules7:33
Command Modules and Idempotence7:43
Using ansible-console REPL Shell3:56

Section Introduction1:07
YAML Primer5:19
Anatomy of a Playbook6:58
Explore how an Ansible playbook organizes hosts, tasks, and modules into sequenced plays, using variables, become methods, and descriptive tasks for self-documenting infrastructure as code.
Writing your first Play5:08
Develop a first Ansible playbook to configure linux servers by creating admin user with a uid, removing a user, and installing tree and other packages using modules.
LAB 1: Writing Playbook for Base System Configurations0:35
Validating and applying Ansible Playbook5:29
LAB 2: Validating Syntax1:08
Troubleshooting playbook failures4:42
Learn how to extend an Ansible playbook by adding a service start task, verify syntax, speed up runs by disabling gather_facts, and troubleshoot failures with limit and retry file.
LAB 3 :Error Handling and Debugging1:07
Adding another play for app servers3:36
Add a new play for observers to the existing playbook, creating a user named Let's Deploy and installing the gate package, with a start-at-task and an observer limit.
LAB 4: Adding Additional Play0:52
Nano Project: Create a playbook to deploy a Static Site2:02
Nano Project ANP001: Write a Playbook to Deploy a Static HTML Site
Cleaning up lb node after deploying static site0:30

Section Introduction1:08
Why do you need roles?3:30
Anatomy of a Role3:35
Code Organization Strategies3:46
Generating Roles Scaffold and Ansible Galaxy2:49
Creating a role for Apache5:21
LAB 1: Configuring app server environment with Roles0:35
Writing and applying playbook for app servers3:14
LAB 2: Writing Tasks to Install and Start Apache Web Service0:40
Copying config file, notifications and handlers7:55
Learn to copy configuration files from the files directory to target nodes with the Ansible copy module, and trigger service restarts via handlers when configurations change.
LAB 3: Managing Configurations0:37
Creating a role for PHP5:44
LAB 4: Create a role to install php0:13
Nested roles and site wide playbook4:53
LAB 5: Systems role, dependencies and nested roles1:11
Nano project: Deploy Devops Demo App2:14
Nano Project ANP002: Write a role to deploy devopsdemo app

Section Introduction1:12
Need to separate data from code3:21
Diving into Jinja2 templates5:13
Understanding ansible vars, Precedence Levels and Best Practices6:57
Advanced vars concepts6:30
Explore advanced variables in Ansible, including valid variable naming, how to define and reference variables in inventories and playbooks, and how facts, caching, and scopes affect templates.
Dynamically defining app version with vars and tasks5:53
Managing app configs with templates and vars9:13
LAB 1: Templates and Variables1:52
Playing with vars precedence8:14
Learn how Ansible variable precedence drives dynamic configuration by merging dictionaries, with hash behavior set to merge, from defaults, group vars, host vars, and playbooks.
LAB 2: Beyond defaults - Playing with vars precedence0:45
Registereed varibles and conditional execution4:52
LAB : 3 Registered Variables1:00
Discovering facts with setup module4:44

Section Introduction0:39
Tour of Ansible Galaxy8:28
Explore Ansible Galaxy to browse, filter, and rate roles, then evaluate updates, contributors, compatibility, and licensing before installing and using a selected role with variables.
Selecing role for HAProxy5:23
Applying HAProxy role with custom properties4:07
Troubleshooting HAProxy Issues5:28
Nano Project: Setup MySQL database using a galaxy role2:45
Deploy a MySQL database backend using an Ansible Galaxy rule, configure secure root access, create Tabatha's Demo and user developes, and apply the playbook to the DB group in production.
Setting up MySQL5:56
Configure a MySQL database using an Ansible Galaxy role, creating a database and user and setting root password in a production playbook. Validate by starting the service and checking database.
Connecting app with the database2:09
Checking in the galaxy roles2:42
Tagging tasks, roles, plays and playbooks4:14

Requirements

Basic Linux Operations and CLI
A laptop or a desktop with a Web Browser
Docker Envrionment or a Cloud Account
Terminal software e.g. iterm, bash, conemu

Description

Ansible: Mastering Infrastructure Automation

Embark on a journey to master the art of infrastructure automation with Ansible, the powerhouse tool that seamlessly blends simplicity and sophistication. In the ever-evolving world of IT Infrastructure Management, Ansible is poised to become the gold standard, and this course is designed to help you harness its full potential.

Ansible's core principle of simplicity is reflected in its thoughtful design choices, including an agentless setup, small footprint, push model, and the use of YAML as a language to define infrastructure state. Its ease of setup, code writing, and extensibility through custom modules makes it an ideal choice for IT professionals. Whether you're a systems administrator, network engineer, or DevOps practitioner, Ansible offers a comprehensive solution to streamline your infrastructure management tasks.

With Ansible, you can effortlessly manage systems at scale, execute ad-hoc tasks on a group of servers, automate systems and application configurations, perform change management, orchestrate application deployments, provision cloud servers, and even manage network and storage devices. This course is designed to help you master Ansible one step at a time, starting from the fundamental concepts of Infrastructure as Code and Idempotence, and progressing to more advanced topics.

Throughout this course, you'll dive into real-world use cases and gain hands-on experience with Ansible. You'll learn how to set up an inventory of servers and configure Ansible to manage them efficiently. You'll write playbooks for base systems configuration, create roles for automating web server provisioning and configurations, and leverage Galaxy roles to set up a load balancer. You'll also explore how to customize roles using group_vars to define your database and application configurations, secure sensitive information with Ansible Vault, and deploy applications in a rolling manner with zero downtime.

By the end of this course, you'll have a deep understanding of Ansible's primitives and be well-equipped to automate servers, applications, and infrastructure management tasks. You'll gain the skills and confidence to tackle complex automation scenarios and streamline your IT operations.

Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the full potential of Ansible and revolutionize your approach to infrastructure automation. Join us on this transformative learning journey and empower yourself with the tools and knowledge to excel in the world of IT Infrastructure Management.

Enroll now in "Ansible: Mastering Infrastructure Automation" and take your automation skills to new heights!

Who this course is for:

A Systems Administrator who manages machines at scale
A Sysops/Operations Engineer who would like to automate application installation and configurations
A Devops Engineer who would like to automate configurations and application deployments
A Developer who would like to automate application deployments and the one who follows "You build it you run it ! " philosophy
A Network/Storage Administrator who would like to automate device configurations

Ultimate Ansible Bootcamp by School of Devops®

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About Course2 lectures • 4min

Course Introduction4 lectures • 14min

Introduction to Ansible7 lectures • 37min

Setting up the Environment6 lectures • 29min

Path to Automation with Ansible7 lectures • 27min

Ad Hoc Server Management with Ansible13 lectures • 57min

Playbooks13 lectures • 39min

Roles16 lectures • 47min

Vars and Templates13 lectures • 1hr

Ansible Galaxy10 lectures • 42min

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