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Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294) Cert Prep: 1 Foundations of Ansible

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Overview

In this course—the first in a three-part series—review the basics of working with Ansible Engine as you study for the Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294) exam.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Prepare for the RHCE EX294 certification
  • What you should know
  • About the RHCE (EX294) exam
  • State of Enterprise Linux
  • Install Virtual Box
  • CentOS 8 lab setup
  • Optimize your VM
  • Install Linux from DVD ISO
  • Install Linux Guest Additions
  • Virtual machine snapshots
  • Finish lab set up
  • Create a private network in VirtualBox
  • Reconfigure or migrate CentOS
1. Introduction to IT Automation
  • About IT automation
  • Ansible concepts
  • About provisioning
  • About configuration management
  • About app deployment
  • About orchestration
2. Getting Started with Ansible
  • Host requirements
  • Install Ansible on the control node
  • Prepare managed nodes
  • View Ansible Documentation
3. Setting Up an Ansible Environment
  • Build static inventory
  • Work with dynamic inventory
  • Manage Ansible configuration files
4. Using Ad Hoc Commands
  • Introduction to ad-hoc commands
  • Targeting hosts with patterns
  • Manage files and packages
  • Restart servers and services
  • Manage users
  • Gather data
5. Ansible Command Line Tools
  • Manage connection methods
  • Use the Ansible command
  • View Ansible configuration
  • Use the Ansible console
  • Show Ansible inventory
  • Run Ansible playbooks
Summary
  • Next steps

Taught by

Grant McWilliams

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