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Automation with Ansible Playbooks

Automation with Ansible Playbooks: Using Ansible to automate local and cloud configuration management tasks with Playbooks

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Video Mar 2020 17hrs 35mins 1st Edition

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Video Mar 2020 17hrs 35mins 1st Edition

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Renews at $19.99p/m

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Explore different locations of an ansible.cfg file
Transfer a file from Ansible Engine to nodes using the copy module

Description

This course is designed to get you hands-on with using Ansible for automating local and cloud configuration management tasks with Playbooks. You’ll be guided through working with managed nodes. Moving ahead, the course will get you hands-on with setting up password authentication. As you approach the concluding sections, you’ll even get to grips with transferring a file from Ansible Engine to nodes using the copy module. By the end of this course, you will be well-versed with the essential concepts, along with having the skills you need to automate tasks effectively using Ansible. All the codes and supporting files for this course will be available at- https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Automation-with-Ansible-Playbooks-

Who is this book for?

This course is for anyone looking to pursue a career in automation using Ansible and Ansible Playbooks.

What you will learn

Understand how to work with managed nodes if managed nodes are not installed with Python
Delve into the implementation of Ansible Playbooks from the basic level to the advanced level
Understand the block module and its usage
Understand how to set up password authentication
Perform Ansible installation and configuration

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Publication date : Mar 30, 2020

Length: 17hrs 35mins

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781800206496

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Table of Contents

25 Chapters

Introduction

Preview of the course: Automation using Ansible - Step by Step

Introduction: Story before Ansible or Any other configuration Management tools

Ansible Architecture

Installing and Configuring Ansible

Ansible Installation and Configuration Part-1 (Installation)

Ansible Installation and Configuration Part-2 (Configuration)

Ansible Directory Structures

How to disable host key checking?

Inventory file with Groups and Group of Groups

Different locations of ansible.cfg file with priority

Review on Ansible Architecture

Installing Ansible Engine on RHEL 8

Ansible Ad-hoc commands

Introduction to Ad-hoc commands | Basic syntax for Ansible Ad-hoc commands

How Ansible Works? (Executing Ad-hoc commands or Playbooks)

Transfer a file from Ansible Engine to Nodes using copy module

Download a file from Ansible Managed Nodes to Ansible Engine

Create or Delete a file or directory on Managed Nodes

List of different modules to work with files

Install a package like git, httpd, mysql, git on Linux Systems using yum module

Ansible Facts and Variables

Introduction to Ansible Facts

How to create and work with custom facts?

Ansible Inventories (Static and Dynamic Inventories)

Inventory Types and Working with AWS EC2 Dynamic Inventory Script

Simple Custom Dynamic Inventory Script creation

How to work with Managed nodes if managed nodes are not installed with Python

Working with managed nodes using raw module

Password Authentication setup and explanation

Working with Managed Nodes using a Password | Password Authentication

Executing Ansible tasks with default and different users on Managed Nodes

Ansible Variables

Basic introduction to Ansible variables

Introduction to Ansible Playbooks

Introduction to Playbooks with task and play concepts

Writing Simple Playbooks for basic understanding

Basic Key Points to run Ansible Playbooks

Basic concepts to write Playbooks (Working with different variables)

Print any message (ex: welcome to Playbooks) using playbook?

Variable and data types

Data Structures/ Data Collections

Simple playbook to understand the usage of register and set_fact

How to read a variable and print using ansible playbook?

How to read a variable from yaml/json file?

Working with command line arguments

Working with Gather facts variables or setup module variables

Working with inventory_hostname and hostvars variables

Visual Studio Code Editor for Ansible Playbooks

Installing and using Visual Studio Code Editor for Ansible Playbooks

Operations on strings and numbers using Playbooks (Filters and Methods)

Arithmetic operators on numbers

Simple practice on Arithmetic Operators

Filters and Methods of Ansible Playbooks

Operators to work with tasks

Comparison operators

Membership operators and Test Operators

Logical operators

Conditional Statements

Settings for Ubuntu server to consider it as a Managed Node

How to use when conditional statement? (Explanation with simple playbook)

Inline conditional statement

Introduction to handlers

Basic usage of Handlers

Loops

Introduction to loops

Tags

Working with tags and skip tags

Error Handling (ignore_errors,failed_whenblock, rescue and always)

Error Handling part 1

Error Handling with block and rescue part 2

Ansible reusable concepts with: import_tasks,include_tasks

Reusable tasks with import and include

loacal_action vs delegate_to

Usage of local_action and delegate_to

Tomcat Installation and Configuration using Playbook

Java and Tomcat installation and configuration using template module

Template module

Introduction to template module with variables

Template variables, conditional statements and loops

AWS Provisioning Using Ansible

Ansible Environment setup for AWS Provisioning

Launch EC2 Instances with multiple security groups and Tags

Simple playbooks to start stop and terminate ec2 instances

Single playbook to start stop and terminate Instance

EC2 Tags help to start, stop and terminate instances

Cleanup Tag-less EC2 Instances using Playbooks

Generate CSV Reports using ansible Playbooks for ec2 Instances

Ansible Vault to Protect Ansible Playbooks with Encryption

Ansible-Roles

Converting a playbook into to Ansible Roles

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About the author

VRTechnologies

VRTechnologies

VRTechnologies is a seasoned DevOps automation consultant with a specialization in cloud and DevOps. With a wealth of experience, they have successfully trained over 400 students through comprehensive automation courses covering Shell, Python, and Ansible. With six years of training expertise, VRTechnologies' commitment to staying at the forefront of technology trends is unmatched, ensuring that students receive the most up-to-date knowledge. Their passion for learning and teaching drives them to meticulously research and prepare each course, offering hands-on demonstrations from the basics to advanced concepts. Join VRTechnologies on a transformative learning journey and unlock the power of automation in your career.

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