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

In this chapter, you set up your development environment and got it ready to build upon. For `AWS`, you deployed the following infrastructure:
- A Virtual Private Cloud(VPC)
- A subnet
- An internet gateway
- A route for public traffic into the VPC
- Windows EC2 instance with `Windows Server 2019` _Amazon Machine Image(AMI)_
- Linux EC2 instance with `Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8` _Amazon Machine Image(AMI)_

Similarly, for `Azure`, you deployed:
- Virtual network
- Subnet
- Public IP address
- Network Security Group 
- Network interface
- `Windows Server 2019` virtual machine 
- `Linux` virtual machine running `CentOS`

To deploy these resources using `Ansible`, we introduced different `Ansible Modules` for both [AWS](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-aws#ansible-modules) and [Azure](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-azure#ansible-modules).

Once deployed, we explored the connection options to content with the infrastructure using `Ansible` again. `Ansible` uses the following tools to connect to the virtual machines:
- `WinRM` to connect to Windows hosts.
- `SSH` to connect to Linux hosts.

You installed the missing tools in our environment to connect to the deployed instances:
- `sshpass`
- `winrm`

# Delete the environments
In case you are going to visit the rest of the course later, you can delete the infrastructure to avoid any unexpected bills. 

> ___Disclaimer___: _**Run the playbook at your own risk!**_ 
> It is highly recommended you use a development AWS account and Azure subscription before executing these playbooks.

You can review the _playbooks_ in the sections for [Deploy to Azure](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-azure#delete-the-environment) and [Deploy to AWS](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-aws#delete-the-environment) to delete the infrastructure.

# Dockerfile
To connect to the infrastructure deployed to both `AWS` and `Azure`, you installed the following packages:
- `sshpass` for connecting to Linux Hosts.
- `winrm` for connecting to Linux Hosts.

## AWS
Review the updated `Dockerfiles` for `AWS` below:

In this chapter, you set up your development environment and got it ready to build upon. For `AWS`, you deployed the following infrastructure:
- A Virtual Private Cloud(VPC)
- A subnet
- An internet gateway
- A route for public traffic into the VPC
- Windows EC2 instance with `Windows Server 2019` _Amazon Machine Image(AMI)_
- Linux EC2 instance with `Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8` _Amazon Machine Image(AMI)_

Similarly, for `Azure`, you deployed:
- Virtual network
- Subnet
- Public IP address
- Network Security Group 
- Network interface
- `Windows Server 2019` virtual machine 
- `Linux` virtual machine running `CentOS`

To deploy these resources using `Ansible`, we introduced different `Ansible Modules` for both [AWS](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-aws#ansible-modules) and [Azure](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-azure#ansible-modules).

Once deployed, we explored the connection options to content with the infrastructure using `Ansible` again. `Ansible` uses the following tools to connect to the virtual machines:
- `WinRM` to connect to Windows hosts.
- `SSH` to connect to Linux hosts.

You installed the missing tools in our environment to connect to the deployed instances:
- `sshpass`
- `winrm`

# Delete the environments
In case you are going to visit the rest of the course later, you can delete the infrastructure to avoid any unexpected bills. 

> ___Disclaimer___: _**Run the playbook at your own risk!**_ 
> It is highly recommended you use a development AWS account and Azure subscription before executing these playbooks.

You can review the _playbooks_ in the sections for [Deploy to Azure](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-azure#delete-the-environment) and [Deploy to AWS](https://www.educative.io/courses/ansible-zero-to-production-ready/deploy-to-aws#delete-the-environment) to delete the infrastructure.

# Dockerfile
To connect to the infrastructure deployed to both `AWS` and `Azure`, you installed the following packages:
- `sshpass` for connecting to Linux Hosts.
- `winrm` for connecting to Linux Hosts.

## AWS
Review the updated `Dockerfiles` for `AWS` below:

A summary of the content covered in this chapter.

Summary

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

Summary