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Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible

Name: Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible
Price: 59 USD
Author: Luca Berton

Gain insights into installing and using Ansible, delve into playbooks and inventory management, and learn about troubleshooting to efficiently automate IT tasks and enhance your IT career.

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46 lessons

1 project

12h

Created by Luca Berton

Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible

What's included

46 lessons across 6 modules
4 quizzes with instant feedback
1 project in preconfigured environments
AI Tutor on every lesson

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What You'll Learn

A working knowledge of Ansible and its practical applications in IT automation
Proficiency in creating playbooks and managing Ansible inventory
Hands-on experience in task automation with Ansible
Capability to troubleshoot and resolve common issues in Ansible
Familiarity with Ansible's key components, including variables, loops, roles, and more

Learning Roadmap

46 Lessons4 Quizzes

Getting Started

Get familiar with Ansible for automating IT infrastructure through practical examples and demonstrations.

Course Introduction

What Is Ansible?

Ansible Architecture

Ansible Ad Hoc Commands

Quiz: Getting Started

Ansible Language

Unpack the core of Ansible's inventory, playbooks, variables, facts, magic variables, and more.

Quiz: Ansible Language

Exercise: Ansible Language

Solution: Ansible Language

Ansible for Linux

8 Lessons

Work your way through Ansible's essential functions for Linux automation, from testing hosts to file management.

Ansible Troubleshooting

9 Lessons

Break down the steps to troubleshoot Ansible errors, validate playbooks, and fix playbook issues effectively.

Appendix: Ansible Installation

6 Lessons

Take a closer look at installing Ansible across various platforms and accessing essential resources.

Conclusion

Focus on combining theory with practice to master Ansible for IT automation.

Conclusion

Deploy a Web Application Using Ansible

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About this course

WHY I WROTE THIS COURSE

In an era of IT environments, automation is no longer a luxury—it's a necessity. Ansible, an open-source IT automation tool, has become a go-to solution for streamlining IT tasks. This comprehensive course aims to equip you with both fundamental and advanced Ansible knowledge. You'll start by installing Ansible, understanding its architecture, and diving into inventory management and playbook creation. Next, you'll explore variables, conditional statements, loops, handlers, roles, and collections. After that, the course dives into Ansible for Linux-specific tasks and troubleshooting techniques to resolve common problems like connection failures, missing parameters, and syntax errors. After completing this course, you'll have gained a robust understanding of Ansible, with the ability to create efficient playbooks, manage inventory, troubleshoot common problems, and automate a wide range of IT tasks. These skills will provide a strong foundation for a thriving career in IT infrastructure management.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Luca Berton

Ansible Automation Expert

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