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Practical Ansible Solutions
Practical Ansible Solutions

Practical Ansible Solutions: Time is a terrible thing to waste, let’s automate!

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Key benefits

  • Provides a no-nonsense introduction to getting started with Ansible
  • Illustrates real-world practical solutions and IT automation with Ansible
  • Provides guidance and usable examples for developing simple, effective Ansible playbooks to drive IT efficiency and automation

Description

If you are looking for a simple IT automation framework that’s easy to manage, grow into, extend and adapt then Ansible is for you! Ansible is an Open Source, Python-based configuration management solution that saves you time and resources when automating deployment and management of application and IT infrastructure so you can spend your time doing other things. In this video course, we’ll focus on getting things done quickly, using real-world examples and a hands-on teaching style rather than focus too much on theory and conceptual ideas once the basics are covered so you can get the job done. Core concepts such as setting up the inventory and playbooks, ad-hoc commands and quick and dirty heavy lifting will get you up and running quickly. We’ll then dive into proper playbook organization and using handlers, variables, conditionals and logic for maximizing the efficiency of your automation workflow. We’ll also dive into handling growth and multi-role playbooks and stack orchestration. As we move onward to victory we will dive into systems lifecycle management so you can handle users, software and packages, authentication, services and application/web content with ease as well as touch on Ansible Tower/AWX. We’ll end the journey with consuming and using Ansible Galaxy so you can borrow, share and collaborate with the vibrant Ansible Open Source community and the plethora of community roles and playbooks available on the internet. At the end of this course, you will attain a deeper understanding of Ansible usage and design and be empowered to create your own playbooks, properly growing and scaling them to adapt to the ever-changing needs of your IT landscape. This course uses CentOS 7, and Ansible 2.3.1, while not the latest version available, it provides relevant and informative content for legacy users of CentOS, and Ansible.

Who is this book for?

IT systems administrators, developers, and technical staff interested in automating common tasks and objectives with Ansible will benefit most from this curriculum. Some novice computing experience and exposure to IT and systems administration concepts are recommended.

What you will learn

  • Immediately get started using Ansible
  • Practical understanding of Ansible usage in real-world usage scenarios
  • Concrete, real-world examples of Ansible playbook code provided (via a Git repo)
  • Master task-based automation approaches to increase efficiency and save time administering systems
  • Preparatory foundation for more advanced automation and IT streamlining with Ansible
  • A deeper understanding of Ansible design and usage, paving the way for designing and managing your own automation using Ansible

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Length: 2hrs 36mins
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Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781788476904
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Table of Contents

6 Chapters
Ansible Up and Running: One-Off Tasks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Ansible Up and Running: Real-World Examples Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Organizing Your Playbooks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Handlers, Variables, Conditionals, and Logic Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Systems Lifecycle Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Going Forward, Extending Ansible Usage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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