Gain insights into Ansible's core features like inventory, playbooks, and roles. Delve into writing playbooks, using Jinja2, and organize tasks for efficient, stable IT infrastructure management.

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Configuration management plays a pivotal role in maintaining a stable and organized IT infrastructure by enabling the systematic gathering of information from remote hosts, facilitating server provisioning, and streamlining application upgrades or deployments.

You will learn the core features of Ansible, such as inventory, variables, playbooks, roles, and handlers, which serve as the building blocks for configuration management. You will learn how to write playbooks that define and execute complex orchestration tasks with ease. Next, you’ll learn how to use roles to maintain consistency across configuration management projects and how to harness the power of Jinja2 to apply logic and control structures and generate configuration files dynamically.

After completing this course, you will be equipped with the necessary skills for customizing configurations, organizing automation tasks efficiently, and maintaining a desired state for your infrastructure.

Configuration Management Using Ansible

```s
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************
0.0.0.0                    : ok=3    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
```

```s
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************
0.0.0.0                    : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
```

```s
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************
0.0.0.0                    : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
```

```s
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************
0.0.0.0                    : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
```

You have a playbook that installs three software packages, and you need to confirm that their state does not change when you run the playbook again after the first time. Which code block shows this?

You have a playbook that installs three software packages, and you need to confirm that their state does not change when you run the playbook again after the first time. Which code block shows this?

What is a playbook combination of?

Adjusting the configuration of remote servers

Which action can *not* be performed using a configuration management tool?

Which action can not be performed using a configuration management tool?

Which is *not* the command to deploy a playbook named `setup.yml`?

Which is not the command to deploy a playbook named <code>setup.yml</code>?

Take a short quiz to test your understanding of configuration management.

Getting Started

What Is Configuration Management?

Basics of Ansible

Major Concepts in Ansible

Ansible Variables and Other Elements

Manage Configuration with Ansible

Wrap Up

Quiz: What Is Configuration Management?