What you'll learn:
- You will learn how to automate everyday tedious and reptitive tasks
- Fundamental of Ansible automation
- Building Ansible server and deploying configuration to clients
- Communicating with remote servers
- Building Ansible playbooks including roles and tags
- Troubleshooting Ansible related issues
- Provisioning and deployment of development, testing, and production servers
Look no further. You have found one of the BEST Ansible course on this platform. If you have never touched Ansible before and want to learn from scratch than you have come to the right place. I will teach you everything you need to know about Ansible in very simple language and terminology.
In this Ansible DevOps automation course you will learn how to install virtualization layer, Linux operating system, Ansible server and create playbooks to automate tasks. I have beenteaching this exact course in aclassroom environment in New York City. Please note 70% of my students who took this course got the job in Linux/DevOps within months. Imagine those who take my course only to level up their career, how productive this training can be for them.
Following is the list of topics covered in this course:
Section 1: Introduction
• Course overview
• What is Ansible?
• History of Ansible
• Benefits
• Terminologies in Ansible
• How Ansible works?
• Other Automation tools
• Free source Ansible and Red Hat Ansible
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 2: Lab Design and Setup
• Lab design
• Installing virtualization software
• Creating a VM and Installing Linux
• Creating Ansible Clients
• Installing Ansible
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 3: Ansible Automation with Simple Playbooks
• YAML file syntax
• YAML file syntax example
• Creating first playbook
• Output playbook
• Multiple tasks playbook
• Playbook for installing and starting a service
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 4: Ansible Automation for Remote Clients
• Remote Clients hosts File Syntax
• Establish Connection to Remote Clients
• Check Remote Clients Connectivity
• Copy Files to Remote Clients
• Change File Permissions
• Setup Apache and Open Firewall Port
• Run Shell Scripts on Remote Clients
• Schedule a job (crontab)
• User Account Management
• Add or Update User Password
• Download Package from a URL
• Kill a Running Process
• Pick and Choose Steps
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 5: Ansible Automation with Ad-hoc Tasks
• Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 1)
• Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 2)
• Ansible Ad-Hoc Commands (Part 3)
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 6: Advance Ansible Automation Features
• Roles
• Roles by Application
• Roles on Ansible Galaxy
• Tags
• Variables
• Variables in Inventory File
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 7: Additional Features in Ansible
• Handlers
• Conditions
• Loops
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 8: Securing Ansible
• Ansible Vault
• Encrypt Strings within a Playbook
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 9: Ansible Management Tools
• Ansible AWX
• Ansible Tower
• Handouts
• Quiz
Section 10: Ansible Resources
• Ansible Additional Commands
• Ansible Documentation
• Community Help
• Handouts
• Quiz
Here are a few testimonial from my students:
Main thing about course is its simplicity and the hierarchy. Design is very good and easy which helps to understand things better. -- Akash Garg (Udemy Student)
I just love the teaching ad the learning experience I am getting -- Jacob Samba (Udemy Student)
The course is run very well and I really like the handouts and the homework that is assigned. The homework helps me learn and continue with the learning process even when adult life is still progressing forward. -- Thomas Rogers (Udemy Student)
I genuinely look forward to additional courses in the future. This has been so informative. You hear the name oracle all the time, but this was well put in layman’s terms -- Atoofa Hasan (Classroom Student)
Imran Afzal eats, breathes and sleeps IT! He really knows his stuff. I feel like he has brought me from a novice level education to masters level in a short time period. Anyone who is looking to get a job in IT should definitely take this course. -- TJ Walker (Udemy Student)
