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Getting Started

Introduction Learning Outcomes

Ansible Development with Containers

Introduction Build and Run a Container Variables, Volumes, and DockerHub Summary

Connect to the Cloud

Introduction Connect to AWS Connect to Azure Summary

Starting at the Source

Introduction to Git Connect to the Repository Get hands on with Git Commands Summary

Getting Started with Ad-Hoc Commands and Playbooks

Introduction to Ad-Hoc Commands Create a Playbook Summary Quiz on Ad-Hoc Commands and Playbooks

Deploy an Ansible Development Environment

Introduction Deploy to AWS Deploy to Azure Connect to the Environment Summary

Putting the Ansible Environment to Work

Ad-hoc Commands against Remote Hosts Playbooks against Remote Hosts Configure an Nginx Web Server Configure a Windows IIS Web Server Summary Quiz on Remote Hosts Management using Ansible

Take Inventory of the Infrastructure

Introduction to Inventories Use Groups Organize Hosts and Group Variables Secure Secrets with Ansible Vault: Use Encrypted Files Secure Secrets with Ansible Vault: Use Encrypted Strings Summary Quiz on Taking Inventory of the Infrastructure

Build Reusable Configurations

Make it Reusable with Ansible Roles

Decoupling Ansible Roles

Quiz on Building Reusable Configurations

Dynamic Inventories for Scaling

Introduction AWS - Create a Dynamic Inventory AWS - Use Keyed Groups Azure - Create a Dynamic Inventory Azure - Use Keyed Groups Summary Quiz on Dynamic Inventories

Build a CI \ CD pipeline for Ansible with Github Actions

Release Pipeline for Ansible

Using Github Action to Lint Ansible

Deploying the Ansible Code

Create a Deploy Ansible Workflow

Setting a Failure Exit Code in a Docker Container

Appendix

Ansible Directory Layout Where to Go from Here?

Ansible: Zero to Production Ready/

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Introduction

Introduction

Get introduced to different stages of a release pipeline.

We'll cover the following...

Source
Build
Testing
Release

Ansible lifts a huge operational burden. So much so, in fact, that the friction of build and release go unnoticed. In contrast to manual configuration, entering a few keystrokes to run Ansible is a godsend. With frequency, however, that novelty diminishes. And your next constraint becomes velocity.

To achieve a higher velocity, human interaction has to be removed. However, velocity isn’t just about speed. It does little good to go fast if the system is unreliable or unsafe. So, automated ...