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Ansible for Beginners: The Complete Crash Course

Unlock the power of Ansible, even as an absolute beginner in DevOps, with hands-on practice exercises that guide you from novice to proficient in no time.

Bestseller 6,742+ Learners

Created By Alan Hohn

  • Expert-Taught Videos

  • Guided Hands-On Exercises

  • Capstone Projects

  • Outcome Focus

  • Auto-Graded Assessments

  • Cloud Labs

  • Recall Quizzes

  • Real-Time Insights

    What You Will Learn

    • Gain a solid understanding of Ansible and its role in infrastructure automation.
    • Learn to create and manage Ansible playbooks for efficient configuration and deployment tasks.
    • Master the use of Ansible roles and collections to enhance code organization and reusability.
    • Develop strategies for controlling task execution flow in Ansible, utilizing conditionals, loops, and handlers.
    • Apply best practices for testing and validating Ansible configurations for reliable and error-free automation.
    • Extend Ansible's capabilities through custom plugins and modules to meet specific infrastructure needs.

    The KnowledgeHut Edge

    Superior Outcomes

    Focus on skilled-based outcomes with advanced insights from our state-of-the art learning platform.  

    Immersive Learning

    Go beyond just videos and learn hands-on with guided exercises, projects, assignments and more.  

    World-Class Instructors

    Course instructors and designers from top businesses including Google, Amazon, Twitter and IBM.  

    Hands-On with Cloud Labs

    A fully provisioned developer environment where you can practice your code right in your browser.  

    Real-World Learning

    Get an intimate, insider look at leading companies in the field through real-world case studies.  

    Industry-Vetted Curriculum

    Curriculum primed for industry relevance and developed with guidance from industry advisory boards. 

    Curriculum

    Learning Objectives: 

    Learn the fundamentals of Ansible and understand its key concepts and architecture to start automating tasks effectively. 

    Topics
    • Introduction to Ansible 
    • Installing Ansible 
    • First Ansible Command 
    • First Ansible Playbook
    • Ansible and YAML 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Discover and utilize the essential Ansible modules to perform common system administration tasks with ease. 

    Topics
    • Package Installs With Ansible 
    • File Configuration With Ansible 
    • Service Configuration With Ansible 
    • Cloud Configuration With Ansible 
    • Container Configuration With Ansible 

    Learning Objectives: 

    Master the art of creating and managing inventory files, enabling efficient management of multiple hosts. 

    Topics
    • Secure Shell 
    • Controlling Remote Servers 
    • Inventory Groups 
    • Groups of Groups 
    • Applying Groups 
    • Dynamic Inventory 
    • Using Dynamic Inventory 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Understand Ansible facts, variables, and handlers to effectively control task execution and handle system changes. 

    Topics
    • Facts 
    • Variables 
    • Reuse With Variables 
    • Purpose of Handlers 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Learn to structure and organize playbooks using roles and collections for better code reusability and maintainability. 

    Topics
    • Purpose of Roles 
    • Role Structure 
    • First Ansible Role 
    • Purpose of Collections 
    • First Ansible Collection 
    • About Ansible Galaxy 
    • Using Ansible Galaxy 
    • Second Ansible Deployment 
    • Running and Debugging 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Gain expertise in controlling task execution flow with conditionals, loops, and other control structures. 

    Topics
    • Role Design 
    • Conditional Tasks 
    • Applying Conditions 
    • Task Success and Failure 
    • Task Loops 
    • Task Loops With Variables 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Create dynamic and reusable configuration files using Ansible templates, streamlining application deployment. 

    Topics
    • Templates 
    • Template Filters 
    • Template Conditionals 
    • Template Loops 
    • Extending Templates 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Interpret and utilize task results effectively to troubleshoot and validate Ansible playbooks. 

    Topics
    • Registering Results 
    • Data Collection With Tasks 
    • Distributing Host Data 
    • Custom Facts 

     Learning Objectives:  

    Implement automated testing strategies to ensure the reliability and stability of Ansible configurations. 

    Topics
    • Testing Roles 
    • Using Molecule 
    • First Molecule Test 
    • Debugging Tests 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Extend Ansible's capabilities by developing custom plugins and modules tailored to your infrastructure needs. 

    Topics
    • Ansible Plugins 
    • Creating a Plugin 
    • Filter Plugins 
    • Callback Plugins 
    • Ansible Modules 
    • Creating a Module 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Set up a local development environment to test and iterate on Ansible playbooks efficiently. 

    Topics
    • Ansible for Development 
    • Vagrant 
    • Ansible For Integration Testing 
    • Vagrant With Multiple Machines 
    • Ansible Best Practices 

    Learning Objectives:  

    Deploy and manage infrastructure on cloud platforms using Ansible, enabling scalable and flexible deployments. 

    Topics
    • Automating AWS Deployment with Ansible 
    • Querying For AWS status 
    • Establishing AWS resources 
    • Creating AWS Instances 
    • Provisioning Integration Test Environments 
    • Running Integration Tests With Ansible 
    • Keeping Environments Ephemeral 
    • Packer 
    • Building AWS Machine Images 
    • Updating and Autoscaling in AWS 

    Learning Objectives: 

    Utilize Ansible to automate the deployment and orchestration of containers for streamlined application management. 

    Topics
    • Ansible Docker Connector 
    • Ansible For Container Image Building 
    • Ansible For Container Registry Management 
    • Ansible and Containers 
    • Containers in AWS With Ansible 
    • Containers and Idempotence 
    • Ansible Best Practices 

    Prerequisites

    • Basic understanding of Linux  
    • A zeal to learn more about automation 

    What Learners Are Saying

    Expert-led Ansible training! KnowledgeHut's Learn Ansible course provides practical knowledge for efficient automation.

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    Noah Li

    Ansible Engineer

    Practical and concise! All you need to gain valuable automation skills with hands-on practice and expert training.

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    Ava Khan

    DevOps Engineer

    This course helped me learn about Ansible and fast-track my growth to a DevOps Engineer. Would recommend it.

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    Gabriel Lee

    System Administrator

    Highly recommend Learn Ansible course! Effective training, hands-on practice, expert guidance and immersive hands-on learning.

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    Maya Patel

    Cloud Engineer

    Practical automation exercises, concise content, and valuable insights from experienced trainers. It's a hands-on learning program.

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    Aiden Kapoor

    Automation Architect

    How Our Course Compares

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    Course Advisor

    Alan Hohn
    Alan Hohn

    Director

    Alan Hohn is an expenced DevOps Engineer who is the author of The Book of Kubernetes, he is also the author of multiple highly acclaimed courses on Ansible and DevOps.

    Course Advisor

    Alan Hohn is an expenced DevOps Engineer who is the author of The Book of Kubernetes, he is also the author of multiple highly acclaimed courses on Ansible and DevOps.

    Alan Hohn
    Alan Hohn

    Director

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      More than the certificate, however, you will get to showcase your newly acquired skills by working on real-world projects and adding these to your portfolio. KnowledgeHut’s courses are well-regarded by industry experts, who contribute to our curriculum and use our tech programs to train their own teams.

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