Summary

In this chapter, you learned about IaC concepts and how to use Ansible as an IaC tool. You also learned about how Ansible can manage virtualization and cloud platforms such as VMware, AWS, and GCP. Then, you learned about the different methods and credential configurations for these platforms so that Ansible can access and execute automated operations.

Next, you explored the Ansible modules and collections that are available for VMware, AWS, and GCP. By developing the basic playbooks for creating new virtual machines (EC2 instances or GCP instances), you have started your journey in infrastructure automation and management. Expand the playbook’s content to build use cases suitable for your cloud and virtualization environment.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to help non-platform teams use Ansible for their automation use cases, such as building and managing databases using Ansible.