Ansible
Learn Ansible from first inventory to multi-host deployments. Playbooks, roles, templates, vault, and idempotent automation.
12 lessons, in order
- 120 min
What Is Ansible
Configuration managementAgentless automationIdempotencyControl nodeManaged nodesPlaybooks vs scripts - 225 min
Inventory and Ad Hoc Commands
Inventory fileHost groupsAd hoc commandsAnsible pingAnsible -mAnsible -a - 330 min
Your First Playbook
Playbook structurePlaysHostsTasksBecomeAnsible-playbook command - 430 min
Tasks, Modules, and Handlers
TasksModulesHandlersNotifyChanged_whenService restart pattern - 530 min
Variables and Facts
Variables in playbooksVars filesGroup_varsHost_varsFactsVariable precedence basics - 630 min
Templates with Jinja2
Template moduleJinja2 expressionsFiltersIf blocks in templatesFor loops in templates - 730 min
Loops and Conditionals
Loop keywordLoop with dictsWhen conditionalsRegisterBlock and rescue basics - 835 min
Roles and Galaxy
Role structureTasks/main.ymlDefaultsTemplates folderInclude_roleAnsible-galaxy install - 925 min
Vault and Secrets
Ansible-vault encryptAnsible-vault editVault password fileEncrypted variablesVault id labels - 1025 min
Tags and Debugging
Tags on tasks and roles--tags and --skip-tags--start-at-taskVerbose flagsDebug moduleAnsible-playbook --check --diff - 1125 min
Collections and Plugins
CollectionsFQCNAnsible-galaxy collection installRequirements.yml for collectionsFilter plugins overviewLookup plugins overview - 1260 min
Capstone: Multi Host Deploy
Multi-play playbooksRoles in productionGroup_vars by environmentVault for secretsSerial and rolling updatesPutting it all together
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Infrastructure Engineer
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