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

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## Welcome to the course
Welcome to the course "Ansible: Zero to Production Ready!" In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of Ansible and get hands-on practice with real-world automation and management scenarios using Ansible. 



# Prerequisites
The course does not assume any prior knowledge of _DevOps_ or _Ansible_. Whether you are a developer or system administrator, you will get plenty out of this course. The most important things to have are: 
- An open mind
- A willingness to learn
## Setup required
We will be teaching you all the tools without you having to manage your own environments. However, if you want to follow along and create your own environments, you will need the following tools:
- [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop), for _Container Management_
- Git, _Version Control Tool_


Additionally, you will have to create user accounts for __Azure__, __Amazon Web Services__, and __DockerHub__ (optional). 

> __*Note*__: If you have already set up accounts for these services, you can use them. Otherwise, you can set up user accounts for [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/), [Amazon Web Services](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/create-and-activate-aws-account/), and [DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/signup) by following these links. 

Once you have signed up, you are good to go. Let's explore the tools we will be using throughout the course.

# Living in the terminal
This course demonstrates the usage of _command line_ tools to help manage _infrastructure_ and resources. These tools will come in handy for your career regardless of your career path. You'll learn to live in the terminal.

>  The default shell for this course is bash. But, by all means, stay in PowerShell. Most of the commands transfer just fine.

These command-line tools present the basics for _Ansible_, which we will learn throughout the course.

# Information
>  You'll come across these `information` tags throughout the course. They provide some side notes just like the above.
# Caution
>  These tags represent potential issues that might occur while executing a command or with a tool. 

# Insights
> These tags present some insight or additional information for the topics.

# Quizzes
Last but not least, you'll be taking a fair amount of quizzes to help solidify your knowledge!

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## Welcome to the course
Welcome to the course "Ansible: Zero to Production Ready!" In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of Ansible and get hands-on practice with real-world automation and management scenarios using Ansible. 

Get introduced to the prerequisites and tools used throughout the course to enhance your learning experience.

Introduction

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

Introduction

Welcome to the course