Ami_Id

Gain insights into Ansible for software provisioning, configuration management, and deployment. Learn about setting up environments, connecting to cloud providers, and automating processes with practical scenarios.

ansible.tar.gz

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID

AZURE_CLIENT_ID

AZURE_SECRET

AZURE_TENANT

AWS_Linux_EC2_Instance_DNS_Name

AWS_Windows_EC2_Instance_DNS_Name

Azure_Linux_VM_Instance_DNS_Name

Azure_Windows_VM_Instance_DNS_Name

AWS_Linux_EC2_Instance_IP

AWS_Windows_EC2_Instance_IP

Azure_Linux_VM_Instance_IP

Azure_Windows_VM_Instance_IP

Ansible_Password_Linux

Ansible_Password_Windows

Ansible_Vault_Password

Github_Clone_URL

AWS-Windows-EC2-Instance

AWS-Linux-EC2-Instance

AWS-Create_VPC

Azure-Create-Resource-Group 

AWS-Delete-Ansible-Environment

Azure-Create-Windows-VM

Azure-Create-Linux-VM

Azure-Delete-Ansible-Environment

Connect to Windows and Linux VMs

Run a playbook -  Ping Docker Container

Configure a web server

Configure a web server - Try it Now

Configure the DNS Names

Configure the DNS Names and IP Address

Reusable Configuration

GitHub Actions

Deploy Ansible Code

Deploy Workflow

Deploy - Exit Failure Code

Configure the DNS Names - Chocolatey

Initialize GIT

Connect to Windows and Linux VMs-Updated

Configure a web server-Updated

Configure the DNS Names-Updated

Configure the DNS Names and IP Address-Updated

Deploy Ansible Code-Updated

Deploy - Exit Failure Code-Updated

Deploy Workflow-Updated

Build - Dockerfile

Build - Dockerfile-Ansible

Ansible is one of the leading tools for software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. In this course, you will learn the ins and outs of Ansible with the goal of managing and automating your infrastructure and code’s deployment.

You will learn how to set up a docker environment, connect with cloud providers like AWS and Azure, manage infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Ansible, and lastly how to automate configuration and state management processes. Throughout each section, you will dive into the fundamentals of Ansible through practical and real-world scenarios.

By the end, you will have a great new skill that will open a lot of doors for you like cloud computing and DevOps. This will definitely be a good tool to put on your resume and will help you further your career.

Ansible: Zero to Production Ready

# Ansible environment
The Ansible development environment in `Azure` will comprise the following:

- _Windows Server 2019_ virtual machine 
- _Linux_ virtual machine running _CentOS_

Each virtual machine in `Azure` requires several `Azure` resources, and each of these resources is managed by different **Ansible Modules**. 
## Ansible Modules
The following are the required `Azure` resources and the corresponding **Ansible Modules**:
| **Azure Resource** | **Azure Module** |
| -- | -- |
|Resource Group | `azure_rm_resourcegroup`|
|Virtual Network | `azure_rm_virtualnetwork`|
|Subnet | `azure_rm_subnet`|
|Public IP Address | `azure_rm_publicipaddress`|
|Network Security Group | `azure_rm_securitygroup`|
|Network Interface Card |`azure_rm_networkinterface`|
|Custom Script Extension |`azure_rm_virtualmachineextension`|
|Virtual Machine | `azure_rm_virtualmachine` |


_Ansible_ codifies your infrastructure in __YAML__ files called **Ansible playbooks**. You will use pre-written Ansible playbooks to deploy the Ansible development environment to `Azure`. 
> _**Resource Dependency**_ 
> Several of the `Azure` resources depend on other resources. These _dependencies_ mean that you have to run the playbooks in the right order.

Let's start exploring the **playbooks** we will cover in this lesson one by one.

# Create a resource group
First, you need to create a resource group. Review the _playbook_ below:

# Ansible environment
The Ansible development environment in `Azure` will comprise the following:

- _Windows Server 2019_ virtual machine 
- _Linux_ virtual machine running _CentOS_

Each virtual machine in `Azure` requires several `Azure` resources, and each of these resources is managed by different **Ansible Modules**. 
## Ansible Modules
The following are the required `Azure` resources and the corresponding **Ansible Modules**:
| **Azure Resource** | **Azure Module** |
| -- | -- |
|Resource Group | `azure_rm_resourcegroup`|
|Virtual Network | `azure_rm_virtualnetwork`|
|Subnet | `azure_rm_subnet`|
|Public IP Address | `azure_rm_publicipaddress`|
|Network Security Group | `azure_rm_securitygroup`|
|Network Interface Card |`azure_rm_networkinterface`|
|Custom Script Extension |`azure_rm_virtualmachineextension`|
|Virtual Machine | `azure_rm_virtualmachine` |


_Ansible_ codifies your infrastructure in __YAML__ files called **Ansible playbooks**. You will use pre-written Ansible playbooks to deploy the Ansible development environment to `Azure`. 
> _**Resource Dependency**_ 
> Several of the `Azure` resources depend on other resources. These _dependencies_ mean that you have to run the playbooks in the right order.

Let's start exploring the **playbooks** we will cover in this lesson one by one.

# Create a resource group
First, you need to create a resource group. Review the _playbook_ below:

   Deploy an Ansible development environment to Azure.

Deploy to Azure

Azure Resource	Azure Module
Resource Group	`azure_rm_resourcegroup`
Virtual Network	`azure_rm_virtualnetwork`
Subnet	`azure_rm_subnet`
Public IP Address	`azure_rm_publicipaddress`
Network Security Group	`azure_rm_securitygroup`
Network

Getting Started

Ansible Development with Containers

Connect to the Cloud

Starting at the Source

Getting Started with Ad-Hoc Commands and Playbooks

Deploy an Ansible Development Environment

Putting the Ansible Environment to Work

Take Inventory of the Infrastructure

Build Reusable Configurations

Dynamic Inventories for Scaling

Build a CI \ CD pipeline for Ansible with Github Actions

Appendix

Deploy to Azure

Ansible environment

Ansible Modules