Learn Ansible from scratch or update an existing project? Automate your System Administrator's day-to-day tasks with the Ansible Open Source IT automation tool.

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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.

Automating IT Infrastructure with Ansible

Testing if the target host is available is the foundation for executing any further automation to our target host. We can't move forward in our automation journey if the host is unavailable.


## Ansible `ping` module

Testing if the target host is available is the foundation for executing any further automation to our target host. We can't move forward in our automation journey if the host is unavailable.


# Ansible `ping` module

Learn how to test target host availability using Ansible.

Getting Started

Ansible Language

Ansible for Linux

Ansible Troubleshooting

Appendix: Ansible Installation

Conclusion

Testing Host Availability

Ansible `ping` module